PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wiping device capable of readily and surely wiping a nozzle forming face having a step section, and a liquid ejection device.;SOLUTION: This wiping device has a wiping member 36 that can wipe in a wiping direction (a direction of arrow A) the nozzle forming face having formed thereon a plurality of nozzle openings for ejecting ink in a recording head and having the step section formed to be extended in the wiping direction (the direction of arrow A) at the outside of a region including the nozzle openings formed therein. The wiping member 36 has a bent section 36b corresponding to the step section on the nozzle forming face and a straight line section 36a corresponding to the region having the nozzle openings formed on the nozzle forming face. The wiping force for wiping the nozzle forming face in the wiping of the bent section 36b is made to be greater than that of the straight line section 36a.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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