US 9,809,030 B2 | ||
Liquid ejecting apparatus | ||
Manabu Suzuki, Matsumoto (JP); Tsutomu Sasaki, Matsumoto (JP); Satoru Katagami, Matsumoto (JP); and Kazutoshi Fujishima, Azumino (JP) | ||
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP) | ||
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP) | ||
Filed on Mar. 9, 2016, as Appl. No. 15/65,536. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 2015-057822 (JP), filed on Mar. 20, 2015. | ||
Prior Publication US 2016/0271953 A1, Sep. 22, 2016 | ||
Int. Cl. B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/185 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01) |
CPC B41J 2/16517 (2013.01) [B41J 2/1714 (2013.01); B41J 2/185 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
an ejecting unit which ejects liquid onto a recording medium; and
a collecting unit which collects mist which occurs along with ejecting of the liquid from the ejecting unit from a collecting
port, the collecting unit being disposed upstream of the ejecting unit in a conveying direction of the recording medium; and
an air blowing unit which blows air from the outside of the collecting unit toward the collecting port;
wherein the collecting unit includes a backflow prevention unit in the collecting port, wherein the backflow prevention unit
is disposed in a path of the air such that air blown from the blowing unit reaches the backflow prevention unit prior to the
collecting unit.
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