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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazutoshi Shimizu, Shimosuwa, JP;
Toshio Nakata, Matsumoto, JP;
Ryoji Fujimori, Suwa, JP;
Shuhei Harada, Chino, JP;
Noritaka Mitsuo, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16505 (2013.01); B41J 2/165 (2013.01); B41J 2/16508 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cap device is designed to form a space surrounding an opening of a nozzle of a liquid ejecting head when the cap device is in contact with the liquid ejecting head including the nozzle for ejecting a liquid, and includes a moisturizing chamber to which a moisturizing fluid for moisturizing the above space is supplied, and a partition wall having gas permeability and configured to partition the space and the moisturizing chamber, where part of the partition wall is formed of a flexible portion.