US 12,479,202 B2
Printing apparatus
Kenjiro Ishihara, Shiojiri (JP); Kazuhisa Takeda, Shiojiri (JP); Keita Hanawa, Matsumoto (JP); and Ryo Nishikawa, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/477,629.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-157640 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0109285 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 29/13 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 13/10 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/04501 (2013.01) [B41J 13/10 (2013.01); B41J 29/13 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a head configured to face a medium supported by a medium support unit and to eject a liquid;
an interference object sensor including a detector configured to detect an interference object with the head;
a cover configured to switch the detector between a shielded state and an exposed state; and
a moving unit carrying the head, the moving unit being configured to move, wherein
the cover switches the detector between the shielded state and the exposed state in accordance with a movement of the moving unit.