Patent ID: 7641305
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus for ejecting a liquid toward a target, the liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting head including a nozzle surface that has a plurality of nozzles for ejecting the liquid; a cap including an outer wall that defines an opening, the opening being closed by the nozzle surface, wherein the outer wall comes into contact with the nozzle surface and the plurality of nozzles are covered by the cap when the nozzle surface closes the opening; an aspiration mechanism, connected to the cap, for aspirating fluid in an inner space of the cap and draining the fluid from the inner space of the cap, wherein the cap includes a partition wall that comes into contact with the nozzle surface and defines a plurality of chambers together with the nozzle surface and the outer wall when the nozzle surface closes the opening, and wherein the cap includes a first contact part that is arranged in the outer wall and that has a first thickness and a second contact part that is arranged in the partition wall and that has a second thickness, the second thickness being less than the first thickness.