Cleaning device for liquid ejecting head, and liquid ejecting apparatus with the same
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKazuhiko Hara, Toshihiro Shinbara, Takayuki Kawakami, Hitotoshi Kimura
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Abstract
The liquid ejecting apparatus includes a cleaning member that is brought into contact with a region including a nozzle face of the liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid from nozzles formed in the nozzle face such that the cleaning member is capable of cleaning the liquid ejecting head, the cleaning member having a pile section in which a plurality of pile elements are raised in a portion of the cleaning member in contact with the region of the liquid ejecting head.
Claims18
A cleaning device for a liquid ejecting head, the cleaning device comprising:
- a cleaning member that is brought into contact with a region including a nozzle face of the liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid from nozzles formed in the nozzle face such that the cleaning member is capable of cleaning the liquid ejecting head, the cleaning member including
- a pile section in which a plurality of pile elements are raised is formed in a contact portion side of the cleaning member that is brought into contact with the region of the liquid ejecting head when the cleaning member cleans the liquid ejecting head;
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- a cleaning liquid supplying mechanism that supplies a cleaning liquid to the pile section from the contact portion side.
A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising:
- a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid from nozzles formed in a nozzle face;
- a cleaning member that is brought into contact with a region including the nozzle face of the liquid ejecting head so as to be capable of cleaning the liquid ejecting head, the cleaning member including a pile section in which a plurality of pile elements are raised is formed in a contact portion side of the cleaning member that is brought into contact with the region including the nozzle face when the cleaning member cleans the liquid ejecting head;
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- a cleaning liquid supplying mechanism that supplies a cleaning liquid to the pile section from the contact portion side.
A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising:
- a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid from nozzles formed in a nozzle face;
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- a cleaning device that is brought into contact with a region including the nozzle face of the liquid ejecting head so as to be capable of cleaning the liquid ejecting head, the cleaning device including:
- a cleaning portion that has a pile section in which a plurality of pile elements are raised is formed in a contact portion side of the cleaning device that is brought into contact with the region including the nozzle face when the cleaning device cleans the liquid ejecting head;
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- a second cleaning portion that does not have a pile section in a portion in contact with the region, the second cleaning portion being disposed to be capable of wiping the region after the cleaning portion has been in contact with the region of the liquid ejecting head.
A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising:
- a liquid ejecting head that is carried on a carriage and ejects a liquid from nozzles formed in a nozzle face;
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- a cleaning member that is brought into contact with a region including the nozzle face of the liquid ejecting head so as to be capable of cleaning the liquid ejecting head, wherein a pile section in which a plurality of pile elements are raised is formed in a portion of the cleaning member that is brought into contact with the region including the nozzle face when the cleaning member cleans the liquid ejecting head, and
- wherein a portion of the cleaning member is configured to be positioned opposite a cleaning liquid supply mechanism that is carried on the carriage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.