JP2013180396A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (13)

A liquid ejecting apparatus main body having a liquid ejecting head mounted on a carriage and ejecting liquid toward a recording medium ;
A liquid container disposed in an external region of the liquid ejecting apparatus body;
A plurality of liquid supply tubes having a deformable movable portion that guides the liquid sent from the liquid container in which the liquid is stored to the liquid ejecting head, and deforms following the movement of the carriage;
In a liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
A discharge frame disposed along the scanning direction of the liquid ejecting head downstream of the liquid ejecting head in the transport direction of the recording medium;
The paper discharge frame has a plurality of rollers for pressing the surface of the recording medium,
A part of the liquid supply tube is fixed to the paper discharge frame, and the liquid supply tube is deformed following the movement of the carriage.   The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a tube fixing member that is fixed to the paper discharge frame and to which a part of the liquid supply tube is fixed. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising: a tube fixing member having a base end portion fixed to the paper discharge frame and a portion of the liquid supply tube fixed to a front end portion. The liquid supply tube comprises a plurality of tubes,
The tip, the liquid ejecting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 3, characterized by bundling side by side the liquid supply tube in the horizontal direction. The liquid supply tube comprises a plurality of tubes,
The tip, the liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that binding side by side the liquid supply tube in the vertical direction. The liquid supply tube, a liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 1, any one of 4, characterized in that a plurality of tubes are in parallel connection tube connected in parallel. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein a distal end portion of the tube fixing member is formed in parallel with the paper discharge frame. The base end portion of the tube fixing member has an extended portion along the paper discharge frame,
The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the extended portion is coincident with an end portion of the paper discharge frame. The paper discharge frame has a bottom surface facing the recording medium and a front surface facing a downstream side in the transport direction;
The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein a base end portion of the tube fixing member is formed in a shape that is closely fixed to a bottom surface and a front surface of the paper discharge frame. The paper discharge frame has a front surface facing the downstream side in the transport direction;
The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein a base end portion of the tube fixing member is formed in a flat plate shape that is closely fixed to only a front surface of the paper discharge frame. The paper discharge frame has a groove portion whose upper surface is open,
The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein a base end portion of the tube fixing member is accommodated in the groove portion and is movable in the scanning direction. The proximal portion of the tube fixing member, a liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 1 1, characterized in that said fixed to said discharge frame is pressed against the groove by attached screws in the groove. Wherein the downstream side in the transport direction of the discharge frame the recording medium than the liquid ejecting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 3, characterized in that it comprises an internal space.