Patent ID: 8783827

Claim:
A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising: a fluid ejecting head that ejects fluid; a fluid receiving unit that receives the fluid ejected from the fluid ejecting head; a suction unit that applies a suction force to the fluid receiving unit; and a fluid tank having a fluid inlet unit through which the fluid which has been received in the fluid receiving unit flows into a fluid chamber via a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet unit through which the fluid in the fluid chamber flows into the suction unit via a fluid outlet port, wherein a maximum volume of the fluid contained in the fluid chamber having an upper limit at the bottom of the fluid outlet port in the vertical direction in the fluid tank in a first state for ejecting the fluid from the fluid ejecting head to the fluid receiving unit is smaller than a volume of a space having an upper limit at the bottom of the fluid inlet port in the vertical direction in the fluid tank in a second state that is inclined by 90 degrees with respect to the first state, wherein the second state includes when the fluid inlet is positioned above the fluid outlet and when the fluid inlet is positioned below the fluid outlet.