Liquid ejecting apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKinya OZAWA
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Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which is capable of ejecting a photo-curable liquid to be cured by irradiation with light from nozzles which open at a nozzle surface of a nozzle-forming member; a wiping unit for wiping the nozzle surface with a wiping member in contact with the nozzle surface, a portion of the wiping member in contact with the nozzle surface being made of cloth; and a heating mechanism for generating heat to heat the nozzle surface; wherein the wiping member is capable of wiping the nozzle surface in a state in which an ink splash of a photo-curable liquid attached on the nozzle surface has been softened by heating of the heating mechanism.
Claims5
A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising:
- a liquid ejecting head which is capable of ejecting a photo-curable liquid to be cured by irradiation with light from nozzles which open at a nozzle surface of a nozzle-forming member;
- a wiping unit for wiping the nozzle surface with a wiping member in contact with the nozzle surface, a portion of the wiping member in contact with the nozzle surface being made of cloth;
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- a heating mechanism for generating heat to heat the nozzle surface;
- wherein the wiping member is capable of wiping the nozzle surface in a state in which the nozzle surface is being heated by the heating mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.