Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080225100 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a support drum which rotates while supporting a recording medium on a support surface thereof. A guide shaft of the recording apparatus is spaced apart from the support surface by a predetermined distance and extends in parallel to a direction perpendicular to a rotation direction of the support drum. A carriage which is guided by the guide shaft is reciprocally moved along the support surface. A recording head mounted on the carriage ejects an ultraviolet curing ink toward the recording medium. An ultraviolet ray irradiation unit irradiates ultraviolet rays to the ultraviolet curing inks which are ejected from the recording head. In operation, the carriage is moved along the guide shaft so as to form an image formed by the ultraviolet curing ink and a coat ink over the overall surface of the recording medium supported by the support drum. | 09-18-2008 |
20080225101 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a support drum that rotates while supporting a recording medium on a support surface thereof. A guide axis extends in parallel with a rotation axis of the support drum along the support surface. A carriage that is guided by the guide axis moves back and forth along the support surface. A recording head for ejecting ultraviolet curing type ink toward a recording medium is supported on the support surface. The recording head has head units and is mounted on the carriage. Each head unit ejects a different type of ultraviolet curing type ink to a different position along an extending direction of the guide axis. An ultraviolet emission unit of the recording apparatus includes ultraviolet light sources that generate ultraviolet light having at least an intensity, wavelength, or emission time that is different from those of the other ultraviolet light sources. | 09-18-2008 |
20090004381 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOLDING APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOLDING METHOD - A three-dimensional molding apparatus for binding powder with a binding liquid to mold a three-dimensional object. When the three-dimensional object is cut into cross-sectional layers, a cross-section data generating unit generates cross-section data for each of the layers. A cross-sectional member forming unit spreads the powder so as to have a substantially uniform thickness to form a powder layer and supplies the binding liquid to the powder layer on the basis of the cross-section data to form a cross-sectional member corresponding to one layer of the three-dimensional object. A three-dimensional object molding unit forms a new powder layer on the powder layer in which the cross-sectional member is formed, supplies the binding liquid to the new powder layer on the basis of the cross-section data to form a new cross-sectional member, and laminates the new cross-sectional member on the previous cross-sectional member, thereby forming the three-dimensional object. | 01-01-2009 |
20090009544 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING FLUID - A fluid ejecting apparatus including a head that ejects fluid, a first fluid storing section for storing the fluid that is located below the head, a second fluid storing section for storing the liquid that is located above the first fluid storing section, a pumping mechanism capable of moving the fluid from the first fluid storing section to the second fluid storing section through the head, and a controller that alternates between a first control mode wherein the pumping mechanism moves the fluid from the first fluid storing section to the second fluid storing section and a second control mode in which the fluid is allowed to flow from the second fluid storing section to the first fluid storing section through the head. Upon receiving an instruction to turn off the power, the controller shifts to the second control mode and then turns off the power. | 01-08-2009 |
20090020920 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - A three-dimensional object forming apparatus forms a three-dimensional object by binding powder particles with a curable liquid. The apparatus includes a powder layer forming unit that spreads a powder to a uniform thickness to form a powder layer. A curable liquid ejection head ejects the curable liquid to the powder layer through an ejection nozzle. A sectional data producing device produces sectional data at each of a plurality of cross sections of a desired three-dimensional object according to shape data of the desired three-dimensional object. A cross-sectional member forming section is also included by which cross-sectional members are formed by ejecting the curable liquid to the powder layer from the curable liquid ejection head according to the sectional data and thus binding the powder layer. The cross-sectional member forming section includes a permeation rate controller controlling the permeation rate of the curable liquid to the powder layer. | 01-22-2009 |
20090180938 | WASTE LIQUID PROCESSING DEVICE - Provided is a waste liquid processing device including: a carrier transporting a waste liquid attached thereto; an attachment portion attaching a liquid cured by irradiation of energy rays to the carrier; an irradiation portion irradiating the energy rays to the waste liquid attached to the carrier by the attachment portion so as to cure the waste liquid; and a removal portion removing the waste liquid cured by the irradiation portion from the carrier. | 07-16-2009 |
20090184988 | ROTARY-MEMBER CONTROL APPARATUS - A rotary-member control apparatus includes a rotary member that rotates while supporting an object on the outer curved surface of the member. A motor is supplied with current based on a current profile representing the magnitude pattern of current to rotate the rotary member. A detecting element detects a rotation state of the rotary member during rotation. A control unit generates a one-rotation current profile, representing the magnitude pattern of current corrected on the basis of the detected rotation state, corresponding to one rotation of the rotary member, and supplies corrected current to rotate the rotary member. When the length of the medium in the rotation direction, the length of the medium in the axial direction, or the type of the medium is changed, the control unit generates the one-rotation current profile before starting printing, and repeatedly supplies the corrected current to the motor to print the image. | 07-23-2009 |
20090184996 | INK INJECTING APPARATUS - An ink injecting apparatus includes a nozzle that is used for injecting ultraviolet-curable ink to a medium, an irradiation unit that includes an irradiation face for irradiating an ultraviolet ray to the ultraviolet-curable ink adhering to the medium, and a rotary body that has a holding area for holding the medium and a non-holding area on a circumferential face, rotates with the circumferential face facing the irradiation face, and includes a touch member that moves to a position for touching the irradiation face and is brought into touch with the irradiation face in the non-holding area in accordance with rotation of the rotary body for removing the ultraviolet-curable ink adhering to the irradiation face. | 07-23-2009 |
20090185020 | FLUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A fluid discharging apparatus includes: a nozzle for discharging fluid onto a medium; and a rotating body that has a holding region for holding the medium and a non-holding region on its peripheral surface and that rotates while facing the peripheral surface toward the nozzle. The rotating body includes a receiving member for receiving fluid discharged from the nozzle for flushing when the non-holding region faces the nozzle and a removing member for removing the fluid, received by the receiving member, from the receiving member. | 07-23-2009 |
20090189931 | LIQUID STORING DEVICE AND LIQUID STORING CARTRIDGE - A liquid storing device includes a storage unit that stores a liquid to be consumed and a rotation member inside the storage unit that rotates around a rotation axis. A blade member is installed to the rotation member to be movable in the axis direction of the rotation axis with respect to the rotation member and has a specific gravity smaller than that of the liquid. A detection member detects the blade member when the blade member is located vertically at a detection position. When the rotation member rotates in one direction, the blade member agitates the liquid while moving toward the lower side of a liquid surface of the liquid in the vertical direction along the axis direction in accordance with rotation of the rotation member. When the rotation member stops rotating, the blade member floats toward the liquid surface due to buoyancy of the liquid. | 07-30-2009 |
20090189947 | WASTE LIQUID PROCESSING DEVICE - Provided is a waste liquid processing device including: a waste liquid tank collecting a liquid cured by irradiation of energy rays as a waste liquid; an irradiation portion irradiating curing energy rays to a liquid level of the waste liquid contained in the waste liquid tank; and an external applying portion applying external force to at least one of the waste liquid tank and the contained waste liquid. | 07-30-2009 |
20090196803 | WASTE LIQUID TREATING DEVICE - There is provided a waste liquid treating device including a drum like waste liquid tank that can be rotated in which liquid that is cured by irradiation of energy ray is introduced as waste liquid, a rotation driving unit for rotating the drum like waste liquid tank about a rotation axis of the drum like waste liquid tank, and an irradiation unit for irradiating energy ray for curing waste liquid in the drum like waste liquid tank that is rotated by the rotation driving unit. | 08-06-2009 |
20090213173 | LIQUID INJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid injecting apparatus includes an injection head for injecting liquid that is cured by irradiation of an energy ray to a target, an irradiation unit that solidifies the liquid injected to the target by irradiating the energy ray, and a removal unit that removes the liquid adhering to a light emitting part of the irradiation unit. | 08-27-2009 |
20090213174 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus including an ejection head capable of ejecting liquid that may be cured by irradiation of an energy ray, a wiping member that is capable of wiping a nozzle forming face of the ejection head, an irradiation unit that is capable of curing and solidifying the liquid adhering to the wiping member by irradiating the energy ray after the nozzle forming face is wiped by the wiping member, and a removal unit that removes the solidified liquid from the wiping member. | 08-27-2009 |
20090213202 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes: a first retainer and a second retainer arranged side by side in a thrust direction, the first and second retainers being rotatable and retaining a long recording medium wound therearound; a guide mechanism that draws the recording medium wound around the first retainer in the thrust direction and guides the recording medium in a direction in which the recording medium can be wound around the second retainer; and a recording unit that performs a first recording process on the recording medium wound in a single layer around and retained by the first retainer under rotation of the first retainer and a second recording process on the recording medium wound in a single layer around and retained by the second retainer under rotation of the second retainer. | 08-27-2009 |
20090214282 | HOUSING AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A housing includes a hollow body case having a communicating portion that communicates the interior and the exterior with each other; a first shaft accommodated in the body case and supporting a recording medium wound into roll form; and a second shaft accommodated in the body case and taking up the recording medium that is let out from the interior of the body case to the exterior from the first shaft via the communicating portion and again introduced from the exterior of the body case into the interior via the communicating portion. The second shaft is movable relative to the body case so that the shortest distance to the inner circumferential surface of the body case increases as the second shaft takes up the recording medium. | 08-27-2009 |
20090214398 | WASTE LIQUID PROCESSING DEVICE - A waste liquid processing device includes: a waste liquid tank to which a liquid to be hardened by radiation of an energy ray is introduced as a waste liquid; a radiation unit which radiates the energy ray for hardening the waste liquid to the waste liquid introduced to the waste liquid tank; and a buffer tank which temporarily stores the waste liquid in a non-hardened state between a waste liquid discharging source and the waste liquid tank and which intermittently introduces the stored waste liquid to the waste liquid tank. | 08-27-2009 |
20090251510 | WASTE LIQUID TREATMENT DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A waste liquid treatment device includes a storage unit configured to store waste liquid which is cured upon reception of an ultraviolet ray and an irradiating unit configured to irradiate a liquid surface of the waste liquid in the storage unit in an uncured state with an ultraviolet ray, and the irradiating unit performs a spot irradiation of the ultraviolet ray so that the surface area of the liquid surface which is irradiated with the ultraviolet ray is smaller than the surface area of the liquid surface. | 10-08-2009 |
20090322804 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - A fluid ejecting apparatus includes: a fluid ejecting unit that ejects a colored fluid and a colorless fluid toward a fluid ejection target medium; an irradiating unit that irradiates ultraviolet rays onto a fluid that lies on or over the fluid ejection target medium so as to cure the fluid; and a controlling unit that controls the fluid ejecting operation of the fluid ejecting unit and the ultraviolet ray irradiating operation of the irradiating unit. The controlling unit performs control so that the colorless fluid is ejected on an image that is made of the colored fluid that landed on the fluid ejection target medium. After the start of the agglomeration of the colorless fluid that landed on the image, the controlling unit performs control so that ultraviolet rays are irradiated onto the colorless fluid. | 12-31-2009 |
20090322810 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND FLUID EJECTING METHOD - A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a rotatable drum that holds a medium on a periphery thereof, a head that ejects a fluid onto the medium held by the drum, a fixing portion that fixes the fluid ejected from the head onto the medium, an outer-radius measuring portion that measures an outer radius of the drum, an adjusting portion that adjusts a distance between the drum and the head, and a controller that causes the adjusting portion to adjust a distance between the head and the medium in accordance with a variation in the outer radius of the drum measured by the outer-radius measuring portion. | 12-31-2009 |
20090322817 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND FLUID EJECTING METHOD - A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a drum that rotates while holding a medium on its outer periphery, a head that ejects a fluid on to the medium held on the periphery of the drum, a fixing section that fixes the fluid ejected on to the medium by the head, a measuring section that measures a diameter of the drum, and a controller that varies an ejection timing of the fluid ejected from the head in accordance with variation in the diameter of the drum measured by the measuring section. | 12-31-2009 |
20090322820 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an array of nozzles and a light-emitting portion that emits ultraviolet light. A control portion alternately and repetitively transports a medium in a transporting direction relative to the nozzles. The control portion forms a dot group in the transporting direction on the medium by ejecting a liquid toward the medium from the nozzles. The control portion also performs a light-emitting operation every time the control portion forms a dot group. The light-emitting operation is performed by causing the light-emitting portion to emit the ultraviolet light toward the dot group to cure the dot group. During the light-emitting operation, at least one of two ends of the dot group in the transporting direction is exposed to the ultraviolet light at a time later than the time at which a midsection of the dot group in the transporting direction is exposed to the ultraviolet light. | 12-31-2009 |
20100079569 | FLUID EJECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A fluid ejecting device includes a transporting member for transporting a medium in a transporting direction, a fluid ejecting head for ejecting fluid containing a color material onto the medium, an irradiating unit provided on the downstream side of the fluid ejecting head in the transporting direction to cure the fluid by irradiating the fluid on the medium with ultraviolet rays, and a charge applying member for applying charges to the color material of the fluid on the medium before irradiation of the fluid with the ultraviolet rays. | 04-01-2010 |
20100224693 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a nozzle that ejects fluid; a transporting section that transports in a direction of transportation a medium on which the fluid lands; and a mist sucking section that sucks air including a mist portion when the nozzle ejects the fluid, so as to move the mist portion from a route that extends from the nozzle to the spot on the medium where the fluid lands. The mist portion is a portion of mist, which is part of the fluid ejected by the nozzle that does not land on the medium and is floating. | 09-09-2010 |
20100309239 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SWITCHING FILLED STATES - A printing apparatus includes a head which discharges color inks and into which clear ink that prevents the head from being clogged and white ink are selectively filled. A selection portion communicates either of a white or a clear ink container with the head. A controller executes a first switching from a second filled state where the head is filled with clear ink to a first filled state where the head is filled with white ink by shifting from a state where the clear ink container is communicated with the head to a state where the white ink container is communicated with the head. A second switching is executed from the first filled state to the second filled state by shifting from a state where the white ink container is communicated with the head to a state where the clear ink container is communicated with the head. | 12-09-2010 |
20100323050 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECT - A three-dimensional object forming apparatus forms a three-dimensional object by binding powder particles with a curable liquid. The apparatus includes a powder layer forming unit that spreads a powder to a uniform thickness to form a powder layer. A curable liquid ejection head ejects the curable liquid to the powder layer through an ejection nozzle. A sectional data producing device produces sectional data at each of a plurality of cross sections of a desired three-dimensional object according to shape data of the desired three-dimensional object. A cross-sectional member forming section is also included by which cross-sectional members are formed by ejecting the curable liquid to the powder layer from the curable liquid ejection head according to the sectional data and thus binding the powder layer. The cross-sectional member forming section includes a permeation rate controller controlling the permeation rate of the curable liquid to the powder layer. | 12-23-2010 |
20110080445 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that has a nozzle forming surface on which nozzles for ejecting liquid are opened and which is provided so as to be inclined, a cleaning unit that executes a cleaning process of discharging liquid through the nozzles on the nozzle forming surface, and an absorbing member that is capable of absorbing the liquid and is arranged on a side position of the liquid ejecting head which is lower in the gravity direction in a direction of inclination of the nozzle forming surface. | 04-07-2011 |
20120001985 | MIST COLLECTING APPARATUS, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MIST COLLECTING APPARATUS - A mist collecting apparatus which sucks and collects mist that is generated due to ejection of a liquid includes: an exhaust duct from which a suction unit for sucking outside air extends downward; and a liquid absorbing member which is mounted to the suction unit so that a lower end portion thereof is disposed on an outside of the exhaust duct and an upper end portion thereof is disposed in the exhaust duct, wherein a suction pressure of the liquid absorbing member on a liquid by capillary force is equal to or greater than a difference between hydraulic heads of an upper and a lower end of the liquid absorbing member. | 01-05-2012 |
20120007916 | MIST COLLECTION DEVICE, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MIST COLLECTION DEVICE - A mist collection device capable of suctioning and recovering mist generated at the time of ejecting a liquid is disclosed. The mist collection device includes an exhaust duct having a suction portion which is installed to extend downwardly to suction external air. The suction portion is provided with a suction port extending in a vertical direction, and an upper end portion, which communicates with the exhaust duct, of the suction portion is installed to protrude in an annular shape from an inner bottom portion of the exhaust duct. | 01-12-2012 |
20120069073 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - A fluid ejecting apparatus includes: a fluid ejecting unit that ejects a colored fluid and a colorless fluid toward a fluid ejection target medium; an irradiating unit that irradiates ultraviolet rays onto a fluid that lies on or over the fluid ejection target medium so as to cure the fluid; and a controlling unit that controls the fluid ejecting operation of the fluid ejecting unit and the ultraviolet ray irradiating operation of the irradiating unit. The controlling unit performs control so that the colorless fluid is ejected on an image that is made of the colored fluid that landed on the fluid ejection target medium. After the start of the agglomeration of the colorless fluid that landed on the image, the controlling unit performs control so that ultraviolet rays are irradiated onto the colorless fluid. | 03-22-2012 |
20120092417 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a common liquid chamber which is common to each pressure chamber and stores ink, a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber which communicate with the common liquid chamber, a first nozzle which communicates with the first pressure chamber and a second nozzle which communicates with the second pressure chamber, a first piezoelectric vibrator which causes pressure fluctuation in ink in the first pressure chamber and a second piezoelectric vibrator which causes pressure fluctuation in ink in the second pressure chamber, and a communication flow path which makes the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber communicate with each other, wherein the flow of ink is generated in the communication flow path by driving the first piezoelectric vibrator and the second piezoelectric vibrator. | 04-19-2012 |
20120188316 | FLOW PATH UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT INCLUDES FLOW PATH UNIT - A flow path unit includes: a tank that accumulates a discharge fluid; a main flow path pipe that is connected to the tank and that includes a horizontal section that transfers the discharge fluid in the horizontal direction; a diverging flow path pipe that diverges in plurality from the main flow path pipe and in which each is respectively connected to a plurality of discharge units that discharge the discharge fluid; a pump; a bypass flow path pipe that is connected to the main flow path pipe; a valve that switches the flow or otherwise of the discharge fluid in the bypass flow path pipe by opening and closing; and a control unit that switches between a first control state of recycling the discharge fluid in a flow path that passes through the horizontal section. | 07-26-2012 |
20120212550 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - An outgoing path port and a returning path port of a circulation path are at a position that is lower than a printing head. The outgoing path port and a discharge port of a discharge path are at a position that is lower than the returning path port. When ink droplets are ejected from the printing head, ink is pumped from a main tank to a sub tank using a supply pump, and ink is pumped from the outgoing path port to the printing head using a circulation pump with an opening and closing valve open and an opening and closing valve closed. In a case where discharge of ink in the sub tank and a circulation path is instructed before replacing of an ink unit, ink is pumped from the outgoing path port to a junction side using the circulation pump with both of the valves open. | 08-23-2012 |
20120223981 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When filling a printing head with ink, ink in a sub-tank is circulated through a forward path port, a forward path, the printing head, a return path, a return path port, and the sub-tank by pumping ink from the forward path port side to the printing head side by a circulation pump in a state where a plurality of nozzles is sealed by bringing a contact member of a capping device into contact with a nozzle formation surface. Thereafter, sealing of the plurality of nozzles by the capping device is released while pressurizing the sub-tank by a pressure adjusting device. | 09-06-2012 |
20120224007 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When a printing head is filled with an ink, a circulating pump is controlled so that an ink equal to or greater than the entire volume of a circulating path circulates from a feeding path hole to a returning path hole via a printing head (in a forward direction), and after that, the circulating pump is controlled so that the ink equal to or greater than the entire volume of the circulating path circulates from the returning path hole to the feeding path hole via the printing head (in a reverse direction). By doing so, gas (bubbles) in the circulating path may be more securely discharged to a sub tank. | 09-06-2012 |
20120274697 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND FLUID EJECTING METHOD - A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a drum that rotates while holding a medium on its outer periphery, a head that ejects a fluid on to the medium held on the periphery of the drum, a fixing section that fixes the fluid ejected on to the medium by the head, a measuring section that measures a diameter of the drum, and a controller that varies an ejection timing of the fluid ejected from the head in accordance with variation in the diameter of the drum measured by the measuring section. | 11-01-2012 |
20130286120 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD, ULTRAVIOLET-RAY CURABLE INK, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording method includes ejecting an ultraviolet-ray curable ink of which a viscosity at 28° C. is 8 mPa·s or more from a head to a recording medium, and curing the ultraviolet-ray curable ink attached to the recording medium, wherein, in the ejecting of the ultraviolet-ray curable ink, the ultraviolet-ray curable ink is heated such that a temperature of the ejected ultraviolet-ray curable ink becomes 28° C. to 40° C., and a viscosity of the ultraviolet-ray curable ink at the temperature is 15 mPa·s or less. | 10-31-2013 |
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20140071214 | FILTER UNIT, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND BUBBLE REMOVAL METHOD - A filter unit includes: a space portion, through which a liquid passes, whose outer cross-sectional shape when cut along the direction orthogonal to the axial direction is circular or polygonal; a filter provided at the surface on one end side of the space portion in the axial direction thereof; a protruding member, provided at the surface on the other end side of the space portion in the axial direction thereof, that protrudes toward a center area of the surface on the one end side of the space portion; an inflow channel that allows the liquid to flow into the space portion from a direction tangential to the side circumferential surface of the space portion; and an outflow channel that allows the liquid to pass through the filter and flow out from the space portion. | 03-13-2014 |
20140168296 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When filling a printing head with ink, ink in a sub-tank is circulated through a forward path port, a forward path, the printing head, a return path, a return path port, and the sub-tank by pumping ink from the forward path port side to the printing head side by a circulation pump in a state where a plurality of nozzles is sealed by bringing a contact member of a capping device into contact with a nozzle formation surface. Thereafter, sealing of the plurality of nozzles by the capping device is released while pressurizing the sub-tank by a pressure adjusting device. | 06-19-2014 |
20140253633 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CLEANING DISCHARGE HEAD - There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus which includes a discharge head that includes a nozzle forming surface on which nozzles for discharging liquid are formed; a wiping member that performs wiping by relatively moving on the nozzle forming surface while abutting on the nozzle forming surface; a cleaning liquid supply unit that supplies cleaning liquid provided for the wiping; and a control unit that performs reciprocating wiping control which performs the wiping by causing the wiping member for holding the cleaning liquid supplied from the cleaning liquid supply unit to perform a reciprocating operation in which, after relative movement is performed in a first direction along the nozzle forming surface, relative movement is performed in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253634 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING DISCHARGE HEAD - There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus which includes: a discharge head that includes a nozzle forming surface on which nozzles for discharging liquid are formed; a wiping member that performs wiping by relatively moving on the nozzle forming surface in a state in which a wiping surface abuts on the nozzle forming surface; a cleaning liquid supply unit that supplies cleaning liquid to a liquid supplied surface which is a different surface from the nozzle forming surface and with which the wiping surface can come into contact; and a control unit that causes the wiping surface to abut on the liquid supplied surface to which the cleaning liquid is supplied, and then causes the wiping surface to relatively move on the nozzle forming surface in a state in which the wiping surface abuts on the nozzle forming surface. | 09-11-2014 |
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