Patent ID: 7530664

Claim:
A maintenance device installed in a liquid-ejecting apparatus including a movable carriage that has a liquid ejection head, the maintenance device performing maintenance of the liquid ejection head and comprising: at least one maintenance component that reciprocates between an operating position at which the maintenance component engages with the carriage or the liquid ejection head and a standby position at which the maintenance component is disengaged from either of the carriage and the liquid ejection head; a power transmission mechanism that transmits power input from a rotational drive source to output power for reciprocating the maintenance component between the operating position and the standby position, the power transmission mechanism having a clutch unit on a power transmission path of the power transmission mechanism; and a retaining mechanism including a stopper that moves in association with the movement of the carriage such that the stopper engages with at least one movable body provided on the power transmission path between the maintenance component and clutch surfaces of the clutch unit when the carriage is separated from a cleaning position, and such that the stopper is disengaged from the movable body when the carriage is at the cleaning position.