CAPPING DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS

A capping device configured to form a space surrounding an opening of a nozzle by coming into contact with a liquid ejecting head having the nozzle for ejecting a liquid, includes a unit cap, which is an example of a cap, including a recess that forms the space, a humidifying chamber that has an inl...

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Hauptverfasser: YAMAGISHI, Akira, TOYA, Akihiro, TAKANASHI, Hiromichi
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A capping device configured to form a space surrounding an opening of a nozzle by coming into contact with a liquid ejecting head having the nozzle for ejecting a liquid, includes a unit cap, which is an example of a cap, including a recess that forms the space, a humidifying chamber that has an inlet through which a humidifying fluid for humidifying the space flows in and an outlet through which the humidifying fluid flows out, and a first moisture permeable membrane, which is an example of a partition wall, having gas permeability, that partitions the recess and the humidifying chamber. The recess has a discharge hole, which is an example of a hole for discharging the liquid discharged from the liquid ejecting head, which is the example of the cap.