Liquid ejecting apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsMasaaki ANDO, Kaoru KOIKE
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Abstract
A liquid circulation part has a recovery path where a liquid flows into a retaining part from a first head and a second head. The recovery path has a first merging point where the liquid flowing from the first head and the liquid flowing from the second head are merged, a first recovery path part where the liquid flowing from the first head flows into the first merging point, and a second recovery path part where the liquid flows from the first merging point. The cross-sectional area of the second recovery path part, orthogonal to a direction of flow of the liquid in the second recovery path part, is greater than the cross-sectional area of the first recovery path part, orthogonal to the direction of flow of the liquid in the first recovery path part.
Claims6
A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising:
- a retaining part configured to retain a liquid;
- a first and second heads configured to eject the liquid;
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- a liquid circulation part where the liquid flows from the retaining part through the first head to the retaining part, and where the liquid passes from the retaining part through the second head to the retaining part;
- the liquid circulation part including a recovery path where the liquid flows to the retaining part from the first head and the second head,
- the recovery path having a first merging point where the liquid flowing from the first head and the liquid flowing from the second head merge together, a first recovery path part where the liquid flowing from the first head flows to the first merging point, and a second recovery path part where the liquid flows from the first merging point,
- a cross-sectional area of the second recovery path part, which is orthogonal to a direction of flow of the liquid at the second recovery path part, being greater than a cross-sectional area of the first recovery path part, which is orthogonal to a direction of flow of the liquid at the first recovery path part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.