Patent ID: 9694611
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A liquid discharging apparatus comprising: a carriage that is capable of moving in a scanning direction and that has a discharging portion capable of discharging a liquid, a scale portion for confirming a position in the scanning direction of the carriage, and a cleaning portion that moves in the scanning direction of the carriage and is capable of cleaning the scale portion by contacting the scale portion, wherein the cleaning portion configured to be displaced at a first state where contacting the scale portion and a second state where not contacting the scale portion, wherein the cleaning portion includes a first cleaning portion and a second cleaning portion, and when cleaning the scale portion, among the first cleaning portion and the second cleaning portion, the cleaning portion positioned on a leading side in a movement direction of the carriage is set to the first state, and the cleaning portion positioned on a trailing side in the movement direction of the carriage is set to the second state.