Patent ID: 8857949

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting head including a nozzle formation surface in which a nozzle that discharges a liquid is formed; a cleaning member that wipes the nozzle formation surface in order to remove liquid that has adhered to the nozzle formation surface, wherein the cleaning member is located on a first support member and is movable by a first movement mechanism that moves the cleaning member across the nozzle formation surface in a first direction; an absorption member, configured of a porous material capable of deforming under pressure, having an upper surface fixed to a fixing surface or a fixing member and a lower surface as an absorption surface that makes contact with the cleaning member as the cleaning member moves in the first direction along the absorption surface in order to absorb liquid that has adhered to the cleaning member; a pressure member capable of moving between a pressure position, in which the pressure member applies pressure to the absorption surface of the absorption member, and a non-pressure position, in which the pressure member cannot apply pressure to the absorption surface of the absorption member, wherein the pressure member has a pressure surface that is able to cover the absorption surface; a second movement mechanism that moves the pressure member from the non-pressure position toward the pressure position that becomes a direction toward the fixing surface or the fixing member, following passing of the cleaning member past the absorption member in the first direction, so as to cause the absorption member to deform with the absorption surface covered with the pressure surface such that the liquid absorbed by the absorption member from the cleaning member via the absorption surface disperses into the interior of the absorption member; and a control unit configured to independently drive the first movement mechanism to move the cleaning member in the first direction and the second movement mechanism to elevate and drops the pressure member towards the fixing surface or the fixing member.