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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Sato, Matsumoto, JP;
Keiji Matsumoto, Matsumoto, JP;
Shigenori Nakagawa, Tatsuno machi, JP;
Toshinobu Yamazaki, Niigata, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit which can eject liquid from a nozzle; a supply flow path through which liquid is supplied to the nozzle; a pressure adjusting unit which includes a pressure chamber which can store liquid; a storage chamber at least a part of which is formed by a gas permeable unit, and which stores liquid; a connection flow path which connects a space including a flow path portion from the pressure chamber to the nozzle and the pressure chamber, and the storage chamber; an opening-closing valve which can switch a communicating state between the space and the storage chamber through the connection flow path; and a pressurizing unit which pressurizes the storage chamber when the opening-closing valve is in the closed state.