Patent ID: 9272513
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid onto a target; a casing in which a carriage having the liquid ejecting head mounted thereon is set to reciprocate, the casing including an opening in which at least a part of the stroke region of the carriage is exposed; a cover structure to be displaced with respect to the casing so as to open and close the opening; a liquid chamber containing the liquid and located outside the casing; a liquid supply tube extending from the liquid chamber through the opening, and which supplies the liquid to the liquid ejecting head; a recess formed in the casing; a detector which is activated by being pressed by an object inserted into the recess; a control unit which performs a recording operation on the target by controlling the liquid ejection head when the detector is pressed by the object and which does not perform recording on the target by controlling the liquid ejecting head when the detector is not pressed by the object; and a gap forming member which is provided at least partially in the recess and which forms a gap between the casing and the cover structure that allows the liquid supply tube to be passed through the gap without a liquid flow path inside the liquid supply tube being blocked while pressing the detector.