Patent ID: 8967765
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: an ejecting head that has a nozzle for ejecting liquid onto a medium; a carriage that holds the ejecting head and can be moved in a predetermined direction; a maintenance member that can be moved up and down with respect to a nozzle formation surface where the nozzle is formed in the ejecting head, and performs maintenance on the nozzle formation surface; a lock member that can be moved up and down with respect to the carriage and fixes a position of the carriage; and a movement member that directly contacts the lock member and the maintenance member and that moves the lock member and the maintenance member such that a lifting amount of the lock member is different from a lifting amount of the maintenance member, wherein the movement member is a lever member which is rotated with respect to a predetermined fulcrum and of which a first portion which comes into contact with the maintenance member and a second portion which comes into contact with the lock member have different distances from the fulcrum.