Patent ID: 7547091

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising: a liquid ejecting head, adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium; a guide shaft, extending in a first direction; a carriage, reciprocately carrying the liquid ejecting head in the first direction while being guided by the guide shaft; and a moment generator, disposed between the carriage and the guide shaft at a position shifted from a centrum of the carriage in the first direction, and exerting a force directed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, thereby generating a first rotation moment in the carriage, wherein the first direction includes a third direction and a fourth direction which are opposed to each other, when the carriage carries the liquid ejecting head in the third direction, the first rotation moment generated by the moment generator is directed in a direction, and when the carriage carries the liquid ejecting head in the fourth direction, the first rotation moment generated by the moment generator is directed in the direction.