Patent ID: 8282187

Claim:
A liquid discharging apparatus that discharge liquid onto a target, thereby forming dots, the apparatus comprising: a discharge head that is capable of scanning and that has a discharge surface from which liquid is discharged; a capping unit for moisturizing that is disposed substantially just below the discharge head when the discharge head is located at a predetermined reference position and that has an opening capable of coming into contact with the discharge in a capping position; a lifting and lowering unit that lifts and lowers the capping unit between a capping thereby bringing the capping unit into contact with the position and a standby position, discharge head and taking the capping unit out of contact with the discharge head; and a lid member that has a rotating shaft and that rotates around the rotating shaft using the lifting and lowering of the capping unit by the lifting and lowering unit, thereby opening and closing the opening of the capping unit, wherein the rotating shaft is disposed above the opening of the capping unit in the standby position and below the opening of the capping unit in the capping position, wherein when the lifting and lowering unit lifts the capping unit, the lid member rotates around the rotating shaft solely due to a lifting force of the capping unit which is applied to the lid member when the capping unit comes into contact with the lid member opening the opening of the capping unit, and wherein when the capping unit is lowered from the capping position, the lid member rotates around the rotating shaft solely due to the weight of the lid member so as to close the opening of the capping unit.