Patent ID: 11938732
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A liquid ejecting head supported by a support body, the liquid ejecting head comprising:
a first head chip configured to eject a liquid;
a holder having a holding portion holding the first head chip and a flange portion coming into contact with the support body at a position away from the holding portion; and
a heater heating the holding portion, wherein
the holding portion has a heat receiving portion receiving heat from the heater,
a shortest path of heat transferred through the holder from the heat receiving portion to the flange portion is bent or curved at two or more points,
the first head chip has a nozzle surface provided with a nozzle configured to eject the liquid in an ejection direction,
the heater is disposed in a direction opposite to the ejection direction with respect to the holding portion,
the holding portion further has a side wall portion extending in the ejection direction from the heat receiving portion,
the heat receiving portion and the side wall portion form a space accommodating the first head chip,
the holder has an outer wall portion coupled to the flange portion and surrounding the side wall portion when viewed in the ejection direction and a coupling portion coupling the side wall portion and the outer wall portion,
the coupling portion extends in a direction intersecting with the ejection direction, and
each of the side wall portion and the outer wall portion extends from the coupling portion in the direction opposite to the ejection direction.