US 11,872,816 B2
Recording apparatus
Nobutaka Suzuki, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/654,618.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-041090 (JP), filed on Mar. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0288937 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 25/304 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/16544 (2013.01) [B41J 2/16511 (2013.01); B41J 2/16538 (2013.01); B41J 25/304 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recording apparatus comprising:
a transport path on which a medium is transported;
a recording section that includes a liquid ejecting section for ejecting a liquid onto the medium and that is configured to move between a first position at which the liquid ejecting section performs recording on the medium transported on the transport path and a second position at which the recording section is retreated from the transport path;
a moving unit that moves the recording section in a first direction in which the recording section retreats from the transport path and a second direction in which the recording section advances to the transport path;
a wiper that wipes a liquid ejection surface of the liquid ejecting section by moving in a direction extending along the liquid ejection surface when the recording section is at the second position; and
a regulating unit that is configured to switch between a regulating state in which regulating of movement of the recording section in the first direction is performed and a non-regulating state in which the regulating is not performed and that has the regulating state when the recording section is at the second position.