Patent ID: 8491110

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejection head that reciprocates and ejects a liquid therefrom; a liquid supplying flow channel that causes the liquid to move so as to supply the liquid to the liquid ejection head; a non-return valve that opens when the liquid flows from an upstream region to a downstream region where the liquid ejection head is located and closes when the liquid flows from the downstream region to the upstream region, the non-return valve being disposed in the course of the liquid supplying flow channel; a volume changing unit that changes a volume of an inner space in accordance with the movement of the liquid ejection head, the volume changing unit being disposed in the liquid supplying flow channel between the non-return valve and the liquid ejection head; and a stirring unit that stirs the liquid stored therein in accordance with the volume change of the inner space of the volume changing unit, the stirring unit being disposed in the liquid supplying flow channel between the volume changing unit and the non-return valve.