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US 10,500,862 B2Granted
Liquid ejecting apparatus and capping method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorRyota Kinoshita
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Abstract
There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a liquid ejecting head that has a nozzle-formed surface; guide shafts that guide the liquid ejecting head in a direction in which the liquid ejecting head is lifted and lowered; a cap that is lifted and lowered in the direction and covers the nozzle-formed surface; and a restrainer that restrains the liquid ejecting head against the cap at a position shifted from the center of the cap when viewed from the direction.
Claims17
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a liquid ejecting head that has a nozzle-formed surface;
- guide shafts that guide the liquid ejecting head in a direction in which the liquid ejecting head is to be lifted and lowered;
- a cap that is to be lifted and lowered in the direction and configured to cover the nozzle-formed surface;
- and
- a restrainer that is configured to restrain the liquid ejecting head against the cap at a position shifted from the center of the cap when viewed from the direction.
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A capping method comprising:
- preparing a liquid ejecting head that has a nozzle-formed surface,
- guide shafts that guide the liquid ejecting head in a direction in which the liquid ejecting head is lifted and lowered,
- a cap that is lifted and lowered in the direction and covers the nozzle-formed surface, and
- a restrainer that restrains the liquid ejecting head against the cap at a position shifted from the center of the cap when viewed in the direction;
- and
- causing the liquid ejecting head to tilt so as to come into contact with the guide shaft by causing the cap to come into contact with the liquid ejecting head in a state in which the restrainer restrains the liquid ejecting head.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.