Patent ID: 8500237

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising: a liquid ejecting head in which are formed ejection openings through which a liquid is ejected; and a capping mechanism configured to be selectively placed between: a hermetically sealed state in which an ejection space that is opposed to the ejection openings is isolated from an external space; and a non-hermetically sealed state in which the ejection space is open to the external space, wherein the capping mechanism includes: a surrounding member having elasticity and integrally including (a) a lip which surrounds the liquid ejecting head and (b) a diaphragm which closes a space between the lip and the liquid ejecting head and which outwardly biases the lip; a guide fixed to the liquid ejecting head so as to have a certain positional relationship with respect to the liquid ejecting head; a holder which surrounds the liquid ejecting head and to which the lip is fixed; a moving mechanism configured to move the guide and the holder relative to each other such that the capping mechanism is placed in one of: the hermetically sealed state in which the lip is located at an abutting position where the lip is in abutting contact with an opposing member opposed to the ejection openings with the ejection space interposed therebetween; and the non-hermetically sealed state in which the lip is located at a separate position where the lip is separated away from the opposing member; and a restraining member which is provided on one of the holder and the guide and which is configured to restrain outward deformation of the lip by contacting the other of the holder and the guide, when the capping mechanism is placed in the hermetically sealed state.