Liquid ejecting apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsNorihiro Maruyama, Takashi Mano
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Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a carriage moving between a liquid ejecting area and a non-liquid ejecting area in a first direction, a liquid ejecting head, having a nozzle formation face from which a liquid droplet is ejected, the liquid ejecting head mounted on the carriage, a slider moving between a non-capping position and a capping position relative to the nozzle formation face in accordance with the movement of the carriage, a capping member provided on the slider, the capping member sealing the nozzle formation face when the slider is positioned on the capping position, a first spring urging the slider, and a guide member provided on the slider, and pushing against a side face of the liquid ejecting head.
Claims13
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a carriage, moving between a liquid ejecting area and a non-liquid ejecting area;
- a liquid ejecting head, having a nozzle formation face from which a liquid droplet is ejected, and mounted on the carriage;
- a slider, moving between a non-capping position and a capping position relative to the nozzle formation face in accordance with the movement of the carriage;
- a capping member, provided on the slider, and sealing the nozzle formation face when the slider is positioned on the capping position;
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- a guide member, provided on the slider, and pushing against a side face of the liquid ejecting head in a crossing direction with regard to a moving direction of the slider.
A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising:
- a carriage, moving between a liquid ejecting area and a non-liquid ejecting area;
- a liquid ejecting head, having a nozzle formation face from which a liquid droplet is elected, and mounted on the carriage;
- a slider, moving between a non-capping position and a capping position relative to the nozzle formation face in accordance with the movement of the carriage;
- a capping member, provided on the slider, and sealing the nozzle formation face when the slider is positioned on the capping position;
- a guide member provided on the slider;
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- an elastic member, pulling the slider to release a sealing of the capping member with regard to the nozzle formation face, and to cause the guide member to push against the liquid ejecting head in a direction cross to a moving direction of the slider.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.