Patent ID: 9085155
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A cap device configured to cover a jetting surface of a liquid jetting head to recover a jetting performance of the liquid jetting head, the cap device comprising: a cap unit which is tiltable in a plane substantially parallel to the jetting surface, and which is configured to come into close contact with the jetting surface of the liquid jetting head; a flexible discharge tube of which one end is connected to the cap unit, which is configured to communicate with an inner space defined by the cap unit and the jetting surface under a condition that the cap unit comes into close contact with the jetting surface, and through which a liquid in the inner space is to be discharged; and a fixing mechanism configured to fix a first portion of the discharge tube, other than the one end, and a second portion of the discharge tube, which is farther from the one end than the first portion, wherein the fixing mechanism comprises two first wall portions sandwiching the first portion of the discharge tube in a horizontal direction, two second wall portions sandwiching the second portion of the discharge tube in the horizontal direction, and a projection portion projecting from the one of the second wall portions and being configured to fix the discharge tube.