Patent ID: 8360567
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus that is used for ejecting a liquid, the liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a head unit that ejects the liquid; a liquid supplying path that is used for leading the liquid to the head unit; a defoaming chamber that is disposed in the liquid supplying path and is used for eliminating air bubbles inside the liquid; a broaden chamber that is disposed in the liquid supplying path and can collect the liquid due to having a cross-section area larger than that of the liquid supplying path; and a decompression unit that is used for decompressing the defoaming chamber and the broaden chamber, wherein the decompression unit includes a decompression chamber, wherein the decompression chamber is brought into contact with the defoaming chamber and the broaden chamber, and wherein gas can permeate through the wall of the decompression chamber that is brought into contact with the defoaming chamber, the wall of the decompression chamber that is brought into contact with the broaden chamber, and the wall of the defoaming chamber that is brought into contact with the decompression chamber, and a wall of the broaden chamber that is brought into contact with the decompression chamber.