Fluid ejecting apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsHisashi Miyazawa, Nobuhito Takahashi
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Abstract
Provided is a fluid ejecting apparatus including a fluid ejecting head that has a nozzle row made of a plurality of nozzles and ejects fluid from the nozzle row. The fluid ejecting apparatus includes a line-shaped absorbing member that is provided to extend along the nozzle row and absorbs the fluid ejected from the nozzles at a position opposite the nozzles, and a retraction unit that retracts the absorbing member from the position opposite the nozzles by abutting on the absorbing member. The absorbing member is positioned at the position opposite the nozzles when the retraction unit does not abut on the absorbing member.
Claims9
A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a fluid ejecting head that has a nozzle row made of a plurality of nozzles and ejects fluid from the nozzle row;
- a line-shaped absorbing member that is provided to extend along the nozzle row and absorbs the fluid ejected from the nozzles at a position opposite the nozzles during a flushing operation, the line-shaped absorbing member extending from a sending unit to a winding unit;
- a retraction unit that retracts the absorbing member from the position opposite the nozzles to a retracted position by abutting on the absorbing member in preparation for a printing operation and in a direction transverse to a direction of travel of the line-shaped absorbing member;
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- positioning members disposed on both sides of the fluid ejecting head that position the absorbing member at the position opposite the nozzles when the retraction unit does not abut on the absorbing member, wherein the positioning members cooperate with rollers disposed on both sides of the fluid ejecting head to tension the line-shaped absorbing member in the position opposite the nozzles.
A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a fluid ejecting head that has a plurality of nozzle rows, each made of a plurality of nozzles, and being configured to eject fluid from the plurality of nozzle rows;
- a plurality of line-shaped absorbing members, each line-shaped absorbing member being provided to extend along the nozzle row of the plurality of nozzle rows and absorbs the fluid ejected from the nozzles at a position opposite the nozzles during a flushing operation;
- a retraction unit that retracts the plurality of line-shaped absorbing members from the position opposite the nozzles to a retracted position by abutting on and gathering all of the plurality of line-shaped absorbing members together;
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- positioning members that position the absorbing member at the position opposite the nozzles when the retraction unit does not abut on the absorbing member, wherein the positioning members cooperate with rollers to tension the line-shaped absorbing member in the position opposite the nozzles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.