Patent ID: 7980659
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid droplet ejecting head that includes nozzles that eject liquid droplets in accordance with image information, a nozzle surface thereof being inclined so as to correspond to a peripheral surface of a rotating member; a wiping member that wipes and cleans the nozzle surface that has been moistened by liquid that has been exuded from the nozzles of the liquid droplet ejecting head, and whose wiping direction is a direction from a downstream side to an upstream side of a direction in which the liquid that has been exuded from the nozzles flows along the nozzle surface due to the force of gravity; and projecting portions in the wiping direction, being disposed at both end portions of the wiping member that do not contact the nozzles, wherein the wiping member contacts downstream side end portions of the nozzle surfaces when the liquid is exuded from the nozzles, and the projecting portions contact surfaces of the liquid droplet ejecting head that face in a wide direction of a recording medium.