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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2011
Kenichi Kitamura, Shiojiri, JP;
Yasushi Yajima, Minowa-machi, JP;
Norihito Harada, Azumino, JP;
Daisuke Hiruma, Matsumoto, JP;
Ryo Hamano, Matsumoto, JP;
Hiroyuki Hagiwara, Matsumoto, JP;
Kenichi Kitamura, Shiojiri, JP;
Yasushi Yajima, Minowa-machi, JP;
Norihito Harada, Azumino, JP;
Daisuke Hiruma, Matsumoto, JP;
Ryo Hamano, Matsumoto, JP;
Hiroyuki Hagiwara, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
At a front-end side opposite to a head-fixing-member-attachment side, a protection member has an inclined plane sloped up from a head side toward the opposite outer side in a direction in which liquid ejecting heads are arranged in a row. The surface of the front end is located at a position that is not closer to a head-fixing member in comparison with the nozzle surface of each of the liquid ejecting heads attached to the head-fixing member or level therewith. A recess is formed at a part of the inclined plane. In a state in which one of the caps faces the protection member and, in addition, each of the remaining caps is in contact with the nozzle surface of the liquid ejecting head, a part of the cap facing the protection member is in the recess, which ensures that the cap is not in contact with the protection member.