Liquid ejecting apparatus and liquid supply apparatus

摘要

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a carriage having a removable liquid receptacle that holds a liquid or a removable connector connected via a flexible liquid channel to an external liquid receptacle that holds a liquid, an ejecting head, mounted in the carriage, that has a nozzle that ejects the liquid, and a maintenance unit that runs maintenance on the ejecting head; the ejecting head has a filter disposed so as to be capable of contact with a liquid absorption member provided in the liquid receptacle and in the connector.

主权项

1. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
an ejecting head that includes a nozzle that ejects the liquid; an apparatus main body; an external liquid receptacle holding unit that holds a liquid receptacle capable of holding the liquid, wherein the external liquid holding receptacle is external to the apparatus main body; a connecter that includes a liquid holding chamber that is provided with a communication hole, the liquid holding chamber holding the liquid from the liquid external receptacle via the communication hole; a carriage that holds the connecter, the carriage being internal to the apparatus main body; and a flexible liquid channel that is configured to supply the liquid from the liquid receptacle to the liquid holding chamber via the external liquid receptacle holding unit, one end of the flexible liquid channel being connected to the liquid holding chamber via the communication hole, wherein the connector includes a contact member having a contact part that is disposed so as to be capable of making contact with a filter provided in the ejecting head, the contact member being formed with a material capable of forming a meniscus so that the contact part forms the meniscus when the contact part does not make contact with the filter, wherein the contact member has an inner part located in the liquid held in the liquid holding chamber, the contact member does not form a meniscus when the contact part makes contact with the filter and the liquid is ejected from the nozzle.