| 摘要 |
A suction recovery device comprising a cap for covering a discharge port face for discharging the ink which is located in a recording head for performing the recording with the discharge of said ink onto a recording medium, said cap having an edge portion opposed and non-parallel to said discharge port face, an ink suction port and an ink exhaust path communicating to said ink suction port, a cap direct contact member for carrying said cap, said cap direct contact member having a guide path communicating to said exhaust path and guiding the ink in the exhaust direction, a communicating member for communicating said two paths provided on a direct contact portion where said exhaust path and said guide path make contact with each other, said communicating member carried with the elasticity which at least one of said exhaust path and said guide path has, and suction means for exerting the suction power on the inside of said cap. <IMAGE> |
