shape while sequentially sliding across the ends of the individual plates 27 further in the eighth embodiment in fig1 as the carriage 1 is displaced the bend in the wiping member 11 is increased while the wiping member 11 sequentially slides across the ends of the individual plates 27 thus the force with which the wiping member 11 contacts the ends of the individual plates 27 is increased and the removal of ink from the wiping member 11 can be enhanced fig1 is a cross sectional view of an ink remover according to a ninth embodiment of the invention the same reference numerals as are used in preceding figures are used to denote corresponding components in fig1 and no further explanation for them will be given in the example in fig1 a groove 28 is formed in the ink remover 23 the wiping member 11 which contacts the nozzle formation face 22 a of the recording head 22 is bent but momentarily recovers to its original shape as the carriage 1 is displaced and ink that was scraped off and is held by the wiping member 11 is splashed and collected in the groove 28 that is as the carriage 1 is displaced in the direction indicated by an arrow b the bend wiping member 11 reaches the groove 28 formed in the ink remover 23 and as is indicated by imaginary lines the wiping member 11 driven by the strength of its recovery force momentarily recovers to its original shape while in the groove 28 due to the recovery action the ink attached to the wiping member 11 is splashed and collected inside the groove 28 as the carriage 1 is further displaced the wiping member 22 again contacts.