Ink jet recording head and ink jet recording apparatus provided with the recording head

摘要

An ink jet recording head mountable in a recording apparatus, provided with a cleaning member capable of cleaning the ink discharging port formation surface of the recording head for discharging ink, in which there is provided for the ink jet recording head a concavity or a plurality of concavities in the traveling path of the cleaning member on the discharging port formation surface cleaned by the cleaning member at the upstream side in the traveling direction from the discharging port formation area for discharging ink; thus removing the foreign particle on the discharging port surface reliably to perform a stable recording.