Patent ID: 8113623
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising: a recording-medium conveying mechanism configured to convey, in a first direction, a recording medium on which an image is to be recorded; a head pair composed of two liquid ejecting heads which respectively have liquid ejection surfaces in which liquid ejection areas facing the recording medium are respectively formed, which have respective one end portions overlapping each other as viewed in the first direction, and which are disposed such that the respective one end portions overlapping each other are adjacent to each other in the first direction; two wipers respectively for wiping the ejection surfaces of the respective two liquid ejecting heads; and a wiper moving mechanism configured to move the two wipers such that the two wipers are moved in mutually opposite directions while being held in contact with the respective liquid ejection surfaces, wherein the liquid ejection areas of the respective liquid ejection surfaces partly overlap each other as viewed in the first direction, wherein, when each of the two wipers is placed by the wiper moving mechanism at a wiping start position where said each of the two wipers does not face a corresponding one of the liquid ejection surfaces, the two wipers partly overlap each other as viewed in the first direction, and wherein, when each of the two wipers is placed by the wiper moving mechanism at a wiping complete position where said each of the two wipers does not face the corresponding one of the liquid ejection surfaces, the two wipers overlap each other as viewed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.