18892409. CAPPING DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS (SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION)
CAPPING DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Hiromichi Takanashi of Shiojiri-shi (JP)
Akira Yamagishi of Shiojiri-shi (JP)
Akihiro Toya of Shiojiri-shi (JP)
CAPPING DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18892409 titled 'CAPPING DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
A capping device configured to form a space surrounding an opening of a nozzle by coming into contact with a liquid ejecting head having the nozzle for ejecting a liquid, includes a unit cap, which is an example of a cap, including a recess that forms the space, a humidifying chamber that has an inlet through which a humidifying fluid for humidifying the space flows in and an outlet through which the humidifying fluid flows out, and a first moisture permeable membrane, which is an example of a partition wall, having gas permeability, that partitions the recess and the humidifying chamber. The recess has a discharge hole, which is an example of a hole for discharging the liquid discharged from the liquid ejecting head, which is the example of the cap.