US 8,740,346 B2Granted

Liquid ejecting apparatus

AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation

InventorToshiya Okada

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Abstract

When an ink film between an outer cap and a nozzle face is broken, an ink film formed between an inner cap and the nozzle face is not broken for the following reason. That is, when the ink film between the outer cap and the nozzle face is broken, a negative pressure is not generated on a space formed by the inner cap because the ink film between the inner cap and the nozzle face is formed to be thick and the space communicates with the outside environment by cutouts. Therefore, the ink film formed on the inner cap is not broken at a time when the ink film formed on the outer cap is broken to the inner side with a negative pressure. This makes it possible to suppress splashing droplets from traveling to nozzle rows.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:

a liquid ejecting head that has a nozzle face on which nozzle openings for ejecting liquid are formed;
and
a cap member that forms a space by abutting against the nozzle face and receives liquid ejected through the nozzle openings in a state where the space is in a negative pressure, the cap member having an outer cap portion that abuts against the nozzle face, and an inner cap portion that abuts against the nozzle face and that is provided at an inner side of the outer cap portion,
wherein a first space is formed between the outer cap portion and the inner cap portion, and a second space is formed in which the inner cap portion at least partially surrounds the nozzle openings, the inner cap portion having a cutout which does not abut against the nozzle face, the cutout connecting the first space with the second space,
wherein an ink film formed between the inner cap portion and the nozzle face is not broken at a time that a second ink film formed between the outer cap portion and the nozzle face is broken, in a cap opening operation when the cap member is moved in a direction of being separated from the nozzle face.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.