公开(公告)号：US20160339710A1

公开(公告)日：2016-11-24

申请号：US15093902

申请日：2016-04-08

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Seiya SATO ,  Ryoji FUJIMORI ,  Shion KUBOMURA

IPC: B41J2/165

CPC classification number: B41J2/16544 ,  B41J2/16538

Abstract: A maintenance device includes a wiper that wipes a liquid ejecting unit; a double rack member which includes a rack sections made up of a first rack section and a second rack section and is configured to reciprocate the wiper; and an intermittent gear which includes a teeth portion which meshes with one of the two rack sections and a toothless portion which is arranged in line with the teeth portion in a rotation direction, wherein the double rack member allows the wiper to perform a forward motion when the first rack section meshes with the intermittent gear, and allows the wiper to perform a backward motion when the second rack section meshes with the intermittent gear.

Abstract translation: 维护装置包括擦拭液体喷射单元的刮水器; 双齿条构件，其包括由第一齿条部和第二齿条部构成的齿条部，并且构造成使刮水器往复运动; 以及间歇齿轮，其包括与两个齿条部中的一个啮合的齿部和与所述齿部沿旋转方向一致配置的无齿部，其中，所述双齿条构件允许所述刮水器执行向前运动， 第一齿条部与间歇齿轮啮合，并且当第二齿条部与间歇齿轮啮合时，能够使刮水器进行向后运动。