Fluid ejecting apparatus and wiping method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsYoichi Yamada, Masaru Kobashi, Kiyoteru Katsuki
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Abstract
A fluid ejecting apparatus includes: a fluid ejecting head in which nozzles that eject fluid are provided; a wiper that wipes a nozzle formation face, in which nozzle orifices of the nozzles are formed, in the fluid ejecting head; and a pressurization mechanism which changes the curvature of a concave liquid surface formed in the nozzle, in the nozzle by performing pressurization on the fluid in the fluid ejecting head at the time of the wiping.
Claims6
A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a fluid ejecting head in which nozzles that eject fluid are provided;
- a wiper which wipes a nozzle formation face, in which nozzle orifices of the nozzles are formed, in the fluid ejecting head;
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- a pressurization mechanism which changes the curvature of a concave liquid surface formed in the nozzle by performing pressurization on the fluid in the fluid ejecting head at the time of the wiping.
A wiping method which wipes a nozzle formation face in which nozzle orifices of nozzles are formed, the nozzles being provided in a fluid ejecting head and ejecting fluid, the method comprising:
- wiping the nozzle formation face in a state where curvature of a concave liquid surface formed in the nozzle is changed in the nozzle by pressurizing the fluid in the fluid ejecting head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.