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US 9,174,473 B2Granted
Liquid ejecting apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorYasushi Yajima
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Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit that ejects ink onto paper, a medium holding portion that holds the paper to be fed to the liquid ejecting unit, and a removal portion that removes adhering objects that have adhered to the paper, in a feed path of the paper that is positioned lower than the medium holding portion.
Claims8
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a liquid ejecting unit that ejects a liquid onto a medium;
- a medium holding unit that holds the medium to be fed to the liquid ejecting unit;
- and
- a removal unit that removes adhering objects that have adhered to the medium, in a feed path of the medium that is positioned lower than the medium holding unit,
- wherein the removal unit includes at least one fixed surface that presses against the medium in a feed direction of the medium, and
- wherein the medium holding unit and the removal unit are mounted to a holding frame slidably movable in the feed direction of the medium past the liquid ejecting unit, the medium holding unit and the removal unit moving together.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.