US 12,441,100 B2
Liquid ejecting apparatus
Osamu Katsuda, Matsumoto (JP); Hideki Okada, Shiojiri (JP); and Hirokazu Sekino, Chino (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/494,890.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-172014 (JP), filed on Oct. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0140085 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 2/045 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/04503 (2013.01) [B41J 2/04505 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
a conveyer configured to convey a medium in a conveyance direction;
a carriage configured to move in a reciprocating direction intersecting the conveyance direction at a position facing the medium conveyed in the conveyance direction; and
a head provided on the carriage and including at least one nozzle configured to eject liquid to the medium, wherein
the head ejects the liquid in a continuous flow, converts the continuous flow into a plurality of droplets, and causes the plurality of droplets to collide with the medium.