US 12,240,242 B2
Liquid discharging apparatus
Shomaru Kondo, Shimosuwa-machi (JP); and Yoshikane Tsuchihashi, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/809,882.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-108345 (JP), filed on Jun. 30, 2021; and application No. 2021-108362 (JP), filed on Jun. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0001695 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/16535 (2013.01) [B41J 2/16505 (2013.01); B41J 2/16585 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16591 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid discharging apparatus comprising:
a liquid discharging head that discharges a liquid onto a medium;
a wiping mechanism that wipes a liquid discharging surface of the liquid discharging head and has a wiper portion that moves along a first direction that is along the liquid discharging surface and wipes the liquid discharging surface; and
an electric portion that is a portion related to controlling the liquid discharging apparatus and includes at least one circuit substrate, wherein
the first direction intersects a surface of the circuit substrate,
in the first direction, at least a part of the electric portion overlaps a part of the wiping mechanism.