Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for a recording head that ejects ink onto a recording medium. The cleaning apparatus includes a liquid application head configured to apply a liquid to a nozzle formation surface of the recording head and a liquid removal unit configured to remove the liquid from the nozzle formation surface, wherein the liquid application head has a liquid application member having flexibility and having a first surface on an upstream side in a liquid application direction, a second surface crossing the first surface, and a third surface on a downstream side in the liquid application direction, the first surface and the second surface contacting the nozzle formation surface, the third surface and the nozzle formation surface having a gap therebetween.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes an ejection head configured to include an ejection port surface in which ejection ports for ejecting liquid are arranged, a cap configured to be movable to a capping position where the ejection port surface is capped, and to an uncapped position where the ejection port surface is not capped, and a cleaning mechanism configured to be movable, independently of the cap, to a cleaning position where the ejection head is cleaned, and to a standby position where the ejection head is not cleaned. The cap at the uncapped position is positioned above the cleaning mechanism at the standby position.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for a recording head that ejects ink onto a recording medium, including a liquid application head to apply a liquid to a nozzle formation surface of the recording head and a liquid removal unit to remove the liquid from the nozzle formation surface. The liquid application head has a liquid application member having flexibility and a first surface on an upstream side in a liquid application direction, a second surface crossing the first surface, and a third surface on a downstream side in the liquid application direction, the first an second surfaces contacting the nozzle formation surface, the third surface and the nozzle formation surface having a gap therebetween, and a liquid supply member having a supply flow path to supply the liquid to the nozzle formation surface. A liquid application width of the liquid application head is narrower than a width of the nozzle formation surface.

Abstract: A maintenance mechanism includes a first maintenance unit provided with a plurality of cleaning mechanisms for cleaning a printing head configured to eject a liquid, a second maintenance unit disposed side by side with the first maintenance unit in a transverse direction of the printing head, a support member configured to support the first maintenance unit and the second maintenance unit so as to allow scanning in a longitudinal direction of the printing head, a first positioning member configured to position the printing head at a first cleaning position, and a second positioning member configured to position the printing head at a second cleaning position that is different from the first cleaning position in the transverse direction of the printing head.

Abstract: A printing apparatus has a cap configured to cap a printhead and having a supply port through which a liquid is supplied into the cap, an absorber provided in the cap, and a channel forming member having a first communication channel, the channel forming member being in contact with a bottom surface of the absorber and away from an inner bottom surface of the cap. The volume flow rate of the liquid flowing through the first communication channel is smaller than the volume flow rate of the liquid flowing through the supply port.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a cap configured to cap a discharge port surface of a discharge head that discharges a liquid, an absorbent member provided in the cap so as to face the discharge port surface, a supply unit configured to supply the liquid to the absorbent member via a supply port provided in the cap, and a discharge unit configured to discharge the liquid absorbed in the absorbent member via an outlet port provided in the cap. The supply port is provided at a position higher than the outlet port. The supply port is provided at a position equal to or higher than a surface of the absorbent member in a thickness direction of the absorbent member.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a cleaning unit including cleaning mechanisms configured to clean a printing head ejecting a liquid, each of the cleaning mechanisms scanning in a predetermined direction while contacting the printing head; a movement mechanism configured to move each of the cleaning mechanisms between a first height in contact with the printing head and a second height not in contact with the printing head; a driving source of the movement mechanism; and a coupling/releasing unit configured to perform coupling/releasing between the driving source and the movement mechanism, in which one or more of the cleaning mechanisms are moved to the first height by the movement mechanism coupled with the driving source, and after the one or more cleaning mechanisms are moved to the first height, the coupling/releasing unit releases coupling between the driving source and the movement mechanism.

Abstract: A printing unit configured to eject liquid; a storage unit configured to store liquid; a moving unit configured to be movable the storage unit; and a support unit configured to support a channel connected to the storage unit, and configured to be deformable in accordance with movement of the moving unit are included. The support unit includes a fixing part is fixed to the printing apparatus and a deformable part of which one end is connected to the fixing part and the other end is fixed to the moving unit, the deformable part being configured to extend from one side to the other side of the movement direction and then curve at a predetermined curvature and fold from the other side to the one side, so as to extend in an overlapping manner with the fixing unit in a direction of gravity.

Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a holding unit configured to hold a discharge head configured to discharge liquid, a cap configured to cap a discharge surface of the discharge head, a positioning unit configured to position the discharge head at a cap position where the discharge surface is capped by the cap; and a separation member configured to separate the cap from the discharge surface positioned at the cap position in a case where the member is in a first posture and bring the cap into contact with the discharge surface positioned at the cap position in a case where the member is in a second posture, and the member changes posture between the first posture and the second posture as the holding unit is displaced relative to the discharge head in a state in which the discharge head is positioned at the cap position by the positioning unit.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a stacking portion on which a print medium printed by a printing unit configured to perform printing is stacked, a discharge unit configured to convey the print medium printed by the printing unit to the stacking portion, a passage forming portion arranged above the stacking portion so as to face the stacking portion and configured to form a discharge passage of the print medium together with the stacking portion, and an outlet port located at a downstream end of the discharge passage in a conveying direction of the print medium. In the outlet port, the passage forming portion extends to the downstream side of the stacking portion in the conveying direction.

Abstract: A printing apparatus has a maintenance unit configured to perform maintenance on a plurality of printheads configured to eject liquid and detachable units provided in correspondence to the plurality of printheads and each including a negative pressure tank used for suction by the maintenance unit and a pump for generating negative pressure.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a stacking portion on which a print medium printed by a printing unit configured to perform printing is stacked, a discharge unit configured to discharge the print medium printed by the printing unit to the stacking portion, a passage forming portion arranged facing the stacking portion and configured to form a discharge passage of the print medium together with the stacking portion, and an outlet port located at a downstream end of the stacking portion and a downstream end of the passage forming portion in a conveying direction of the print medium. The passage forming portion includes an opening/closing portion which is displaceable between a closed position for forming the discharge passage and an open position for opening access to the stacking portion.

Abstract: An information reading apparatus includes a box which suppresses outside leakage of radio waves, a housing unit housing a plurality of articles, at least one reading antenna for reading information from a plate-shaped radio tag attached to each article, and a control unit performing reading processing of information from the radio tag utilizing the antennas. (a) The housing unit houses the plurality of articles so the surface of the radio tag is orthogonal to a pair of opposing inner surfaces of the housing unit, and (b) a first distance between one of the pair and an inner surface of the box opposed by an outer surface of the housing unit corresponding to the one inner surface is longer than a second distance between other inner surfaces of the housing unit and inner surfaces of the box opposed by outer surfaces of the housing unit corresponding to the other inner surfaces.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a stacking portion on which a print medium printed by a printing unit configured to perform printing is stacked, a discharge unit configured to convey the print medium printed by the printing unit to the stacking portion, a passage forming portion arranged above the stacking portion so as to face the stacking portion and configured to form a discharge passage of the print medium together with the stacking portion, and an outlet port located at a downstream end of the discharge passage in a conveying direction of the print medium. In the outlet port, the passage forming portion extends to the downstream side of the stacking portion in the conveying direction.

Abstract: Provided is a cleaning apparatus for a recording head that ejects ink onto a recording medium, the cleaning apparatus including: a liquid application head for applying liquid to a nozzle formation surface; and a liquid removal unit for removing the liquid, wherein the liquid application head has a liquid application member having flexibility and having three surfaces, the first surface and the second surface contacting the nozzle formation surface, the third surface and the nozzle formation surface having a gap therebetween, a liquid supply member having a supply flow path for supplying the liquid to the nozzle formation surface, and wherein a liquid application width is narrower than a width of the nozzle formation surface, and a liquid removal width is wider than the liquid application width of the liquid application head.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head including a recording element substrate configured with a liquid ejection port, the liquid ejection head including: a first positioning member configured with a first positioning part including a recess portion opening in a direction of liquid ejection; and a second positioning member configured with a second positioning part, which includes a groove portion opening in the direction of liquid ejection and extending towards the first positioning member, and a third positioning part, which includes a flat plane portion substantially parallel to the recording element substrate.

Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes an ejection head configured to include an ejection port surface in which ejection ports for ejecting liquid are arranged, a cap configured to be movable to a capping position where the ejection port surface is capped, and to an uncapped position where the ejection port surface is not capped, and a cleaning mechanism configured to be movable, independently of the cap, to a cleaning position where the ejection head is cleaned, and to a standby position where the ejection head is not cleaned. The cap at the uncapped position is positioned above the cleaning mechanism at the standby position.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a conveyance roller configured to convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction, and a moving portion configured to move a recording head between a positioning position and a non-positioning position, the moving portion having a first supporting portion that supports the recording head at the non-positioning position. The first supporting portion does not support the recording head at the positioning position.

Abstract: In a recording apparatus including a recording head having an ejection port surface in which an ejection port that ejects a liquid is provided and a supporting portion configured to support the recording head to move the recording head between a recording position and a non-recording position, the supporting portion can be in a first state where an angle change of the ejection port surface is regulated and a second state where the angle change of the ejection port surface is not regulated.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a stacking portion on which a print medium printed by a printing unit configured to perform printing is stacked, a discharge unit configured to discharge the print medium printed by the printing unit to the stacking portion, a passage forming portion arranged facing the stacking portion and configured to form a discharge passage of the print medium together with the stacking portion, and an outlet port located at a downstream end of the stacking portion and a downstream end of the passage forming portion in a conveying direction of the print medium. The passage forming portion includes a take-out port through which a user can take out, from the stacking portion, the print medium printed by the printing unit.