US 12,168,351 B2
Liquid ejecting device
Hiroshi Nose, Shiojiri (JP); Tomoji Suzuki, Matsumoto (JP); and Manabu Yamada, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/066,595.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-204010 (JP), filed on Dec. 16, 2021; and application No. 2021-204011 (JP), filed on Dec. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0191787 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 3/28 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/16535 (2013.01) [B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/16523 (2013.01); B41J 3/28 (2013.01); B41J 2002/1655 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid ejecting device, comprising:
a base portion;
a liquid ejecting portion provided at the base portion and configured to perform printing by ejecting liquid from a nozzle to a medium, the liquid ejecting portion being movable in a depth direction of the base portion and a scanning direction intersecting the depth direction;
a medium supporting portion provided at the base portion and configured to support the medium in a printing region where the liquid ejecting portion performs the printing; and
a maintenance portion provided at the base portion and disposed on one side outside the printing region in the scanning direction, wherein
the maintenance portion includes:
a moisturizing portion configured to form a closed space to which the nozzle opens;
a cleaning portion configured to perform cleaning by forcibly discharging the liquid from the nozzle; and
a wiper configured to wipe a nozzle surface where the nozzle is provided, and
the moisturizing portion, the cleaning portion, and the wiper are disposed side by side in the depth direction.