Liquid ejecting apparatus and cleaning apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorChikashi Nakamura
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Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus performs first contact of an absorption member with a nozzle surface in which nozzles for liquid ejection are arranged, and performs second contact of the absorption member with the nozzle surface after the first contact. Pressure applied to, of the nozzle surface, a nozzle neighborhood area (a nozzle peripheral area) including the nozzles due to contact of the absorption member in the first contact is lower than pressure applied to the nozzle neighborhood area (a nozzle peripheral area) due to contact of the absorption member in the second contact.
Claims9
A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising:
- a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid from a plurality of nozzles arranged in a nozzle surface;
- an absorption member that is brought into contact with the nozzle surface and is able to absorb liquid that is on the nozzle surface;
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- a contacting section that performs a first contact of the absorption member with the nozzle surface and performs, after the first contact, a second contact of the absorption member with the nozzle surface by pressing the absorption member against the nozzle surface from an opposite side that is opposite of a side of contact with the nozzle surface,
- wherein pressure applied to, of the nozzle surface, a nozzle peripheral area including the nozzles due to contact of the absorption member in the first contact is lower than pressure applied to the nozzle peripheral area due to contact of the absorption member in the second contact,
- wherein the contacting section includes a first contacting section that performs the first contact by holding the absorption member in contact with the nozzle surface and a second contacting section that is different from the first contacting section and that performs the second contact by holding the absorption member in contact with the nozzle surface.
A cleaning apparatus, comprising:
- an absorption member that is brought into contact with a nozzle surface of a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid from a plurality of nozzles arranged in the nozzle surface, and is able to absorb liquid that is on the nozzle surface;
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- a contacting section that performs a first contact of the absorption member with the nozzle surface and performs, after the first contact, a second contact of the absorption member with the nozzle surface by pressing the absorption member against the nozzle surface from an opposite side that is opposite of a side of contact with the nozzle surface,
- wherein pressure applied to, of the nozzle surface, a nozzle peripheral area including the nozzles due to contact of the absorption member in the first contact is lower than pressure applied to the nozzle peripheral area due to contact of the absorption member in the second contact,
- wherein the contacting section includes a first contacting section that performs the first contact by holding the absorption member in contact with the nozzle surface and a second contacting section that is different from the first contacting section and that performs the second contact by holding the absorption member in contact with the nozzle surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.