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US 9,809,030 B2Granted
Liquid ejecting apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsManabu Suzuki, Tsutomu Sasaki, Satoru Katagami, Kazutoshi Fujishima
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Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes an ejecting unit which ejects liquid, and a collecting unit which collects mist which occurs along with ejecting of the liquid from the ejecting unit from a collecting port, in which the collecting unit includes a backflow prevention unit in the collecting port. By adopting such a liquid ejecting apparatus, it is possible to suppress backflow of mist of the liquid from the collecting unit which collects mist of the liquid which occurs along with ejecting of liquid from the ejecting unit.
Claims8
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- an ejecting unit which ejects liquid onto a recording medium;
- and
- a collecting unit which collects mist which occurs along with ejecting of the liquid from the ejecting unit from a collecting port, the collecting unit being disposed upstream of the ejecting unit in a conveying direction of the recording medium;
- and
- an air blowing unit which blows air from the outside of the collecting unit toward the collecting port;
- wherein the collecting unit includes a backflow prevention unit in the collecting port, wherein the backflow prevention unit is disposed in a path of the air such that air blown from the blowing unit reaches the backflow prevention unit prior to the collecting unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.