Patent ID: 7669962
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A capping sheet that seals a liquid jet head having liquid jet nozzles that eject liquid onto a target, the capping sheet comprising: a sheet body including an opposite surface facing a nozzle surface of the liquid jet head, the sheet body being provided separately from a capping-sheet carrying mechanism that carries the sheet body from a non-capping position where the opposite surface does not face the nozzle surface to a capping position where the opposite surface faces the nozzle surface; on the opposite surface, a sealing part that seals the liquid jet head with a sealed space therebetween if the capping sheet is carried to the capping position by the capping-sheet carrying mechanism and relatively moved in a way that the opposite surface comes close to the nozzle surface at the capping position; and a carriage bank protruding in a direction in which the sealing part protrudes and provided on an outer side than a position having the sealing part on the sheet body, the carriage bank having a larger protrusion height from the opposite surface than the sealing part has.