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US 9,844,942 B2Granted
Recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorRyo Hasegawa
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a recording head capable of moving back and forth relative to a recording medium and ejecting a liquid from a nozzle, a cover portion that covers at least a portion of a no-nozzle-formed region in which the nozzle is not formed within a nozzle-formed surface in which the nozzle is formed, and a wiper provided in a back-and-forth movement range of the recording head and capable of wiping the cover portion without contacting the nozzle-formed surface as the recording head moves back and forth.
Claims11
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording head capable of moving back and forth relative to a recording medium and ejecting a liquid from a nozzle;
- a cover portion that covers at least a portion of a no-nozzle-formed region in which the nozzle is not formed within a nozzle-formed surface in which the nozzle is formed;
- and
- a wiper provided in a back-and-forth movement range of the recording head and capable of wiping the cover portion without contacting the nozzle-formed surface by moving the recording head on the wiper in the back and forth direction of the recording head,
- wherein the wiper is a blade that is elongate in a direction that intersects a reciprocating direction of the recording head.
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A recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording head capable of moving back and forth relative to a recording medium and ejecting a liquid from a nozzle;
- a cover portion that covers at least a portion of a no-nozzle-formed region in which the nozzle is not formed within a nozzle-formed surface in which the nozzle is formed;
- in the nozzle-formed surface, a plurality of the nozzle is arranged in a direction that intersects reciprocating directions of the recording head;
- and
- a wiper that is capable of wiping the cover portion, the wiper wiping in a direction that intersects the reciprocating directions of the recording head without contacting the nozzle-formed surface,
- wherein the wiper is a blade that is elongate in a direction that intersects a reciprocating direction of the recording head.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.