Patent ID: 7992987
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A fluid ejecting apparatus that ejects a fluid, comprising: a storage portion that stores the fluid; a head that discharges the fluid, which is supplied from the storage portion, from a plurality of nozzles and that includes a fluid discharging passage through which the fluid is discharged from the storage portion not through the nozzles; and a head capping device that contacts the head and that receives the fluid that is discharged from the plurality of nozzles and the fluid that is discharged through the fluid discharging passage, wherein the head and the head capping device respectively include a head side flow passage and a head capping device side flow passage, both of which cooperatively form a circulation flow passage, through which the fluid that flows out from the storage portion through the nozzles and the fluid that is discharged through the fluid discharging passage are returned back to the storage portion, in a state where the head capping device is in contact with the head, wherein the head side flow passage includes an inlet side flow passage portion that is provided at an inlet side of the nozzles and the liquid discharging passage that is formed as a flow passage separately from the inlet side flow passage portion, and wherein the head capping device side flow passage includes an outlet side flow passage portion that is provided at an outlet side of the nozzles and the fluid discharging passage.