Patent ID: 9056474
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle plate provided with a nozzle through which liquid is ejected; a cap member that is attached to the liquid ejecting head to cap a liquid ejecting surface in which the nozzle is opened; and a movement unit that relatively moves at least one of the cap member and the liquid ejecting head, wherein the cap member includes a recess in which the liquid ejecting head is mounted, and on inner surfaces of the recess, a contact section that makes contact with a side surface of the liquid ejecting head intersecting with the liquid ejecting surface is continuously provided along a circumferential direction of the recess, and the movement unit is so configured as to move the cap member relative to the liquid ejecting head in a manner in which an area on the side surface of the liquid ejecting head with which the contact section makes contact is gradually increased when attaching the cap member to the liquid ejecting head, wherein the movement unit is configured so that, when the cap member is attached to the liquid ejecting head, the liquid ejecting head is fitted in the recess of the cap member in a state in which the cap member is made to be slanted at a predetermined angle relative to the liquid ejecting surface and subsequently the cap member is so rotated as to be parallel with the liquid ejecting surface.