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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2006
Applicants:
Masahiro Nishizaki, Iwakura, JP;
Motohiro Momozaki, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroto Sugahara, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus that includes: a recording head that discharges an ink from a plurality of nozzles constituting a nozzle train to a recording medium; a cap that covers a nozzle surface of the recording head with a hollow cap member; and a wiper that wipes the nozzle surface of the recording head with a wiper member by a relative movement of the wiper member with respect to the recording head, wherein at least one of the wiper member and the nozzle surface comprises a removing portion that removes a foreign matter from the nozzle surface.