Patent ID: 11951744
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising:
a liquid ejecting unit that ejects liquid from nozzles;
a supply flow passage through which the liquid is suppled from a liquid container containing the liquid to the liquid ejecting unit;
a cap configured to enclose the nozzles to form a closed space for the nozzles inside;
a branch flow passage whose one end is connected to a middle of the supply flow passage;
a discharge flow passage whose one end is connected to the cap;
a driving source; and
the flow passage switching mechanism according to claim 6; wherein
other end of the branch flow passage is connected to a second flow passage among the two or more flow passages different from the first flow passage, and
other end of the discharge flow passage is connected to a third flow passage among the two or more flow passages different from the first flow passage.