Patent ID: 11878531
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A wiping device comprising:
a wiper unit that includes a wiper that wipes a liquid discharge surface of a liquid discharge head from which liquid is to be discharged;
a carriage that moves along the liquid discharge surface both in a first direction and in a second direction, the first direction being opposite to the second direction; and
a fixing member attached to the wiper unit and the carriage for fixing the wiper unit to the carriage, the fixing member being provided separately from the wiper unit, wherein
when the carriage is disposed on a side in the first direction with respect to a middle point in a moving range of the carriage, the fixing member is removable in the first direction.