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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2011
Takato Hayashi, Minowa-machi, JP;
Takato Hayashi, Minowa-machi, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fluid ejecting apparatus that has a nozzle row provided with a plurality of nozzles and a fluid ejection head ejecting a fluid from the nozzle row is provided. The fluid ejecting apparatus includes a linear absorption member that is provided movable and is extended along the nozzle row, and a traveling mechanism that causes the absorption member to move. The traveling mechanism includes a delivery rotating body that drives out the absorption member, a winding-rotating body that winds up the absorption member, a tension regulating member that applies a predetermined tension to the absorption member and is displaced according to the tension of the absorption member, and a sensor portion that detects the displacement of the tension regulating member and controls rotations of the delivery rotating body and the winding-rotating body.