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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Manabu Munakata, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/19 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/19 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/175133 (2013.01); B41J 2/16532 (2013.01); B41J 2/17563 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head having a head body that ejects liquid from nozzle openings and a flow path member that includes a liquid flow path through which the liquid is supplied to the head body, the liquid flow path being provided with a filter chamber disposed at a position in the liquid flow path with a filter disposed inside the filter chamber, and a portion of the filter chamber which opposes the filter being made of an elastic member; a pressing unit that presses the elastic member toward the filter; and a suction unit that suctions the liquid in the liquid flow path from the nozzle openings.