The present application is based on, and claims priority from JP Application Serial Number 2019-220240, filed Dec. 5, 2019, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

BACKGROUND

1. Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a liquid ejecting apparatus that includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid and an attachment portion to which a liquid container that stores the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting head is detachably attached.

2. Related Art

A liquid ejecting apparatus that includes a liquid ejecting head configured to eject liquid and an attachment portion to which a liquid container that stores the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting head is detachably attached has been known. The attachment portion has a liquid inlet portion that is coupled to a liquid outlet provided in the liquid container, and an urging mechanism that urges the liquid container in a direction opposite to a direction of attaching the liquid container to the attachment portion. In such a liquid ejecting apparatus, the liquid may leak from a portion at which the liquid outlet and the liquid inlet portion are coupled.

On the other hand, according to JP-A-2010-132006, an absorbing member is stored in an urging mechanism and a part of the absorbing member protrudes from the urging mechanism toward a liquid container, and thereby, in a state where the liquid container is attached to an attachment portion, the part of the absorbing member which protrudes from the urging mechanism is in contact with a surface of the liquid container, on which a liquid outlet is formed. As a result, even when liquid leaks from a portion at which the liquid outlet and a liquid inlet portion are coupled, the leaked liquid is absorbed by the absorbing member.

However, when the amount of the liquid that leaks from the portion at which the liquid outlet and the liquid inlet portion are coupled exceeds the amount of liquid that is able to be absorbed by the absorbing member, the liquid overflows from the absorbing member and flows along an outer surface of the liquid container, and therefore, the outer surface of the liquid container may be widely soiled. Soiling of the outer surface of the liquid container may result in the hand of a user being soiled when the user exchanges the liquid container.

SUMMARY

In order to solve the aforementioned problem, a liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid; and an attachment portion to which a liquid container that stores the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting head is detachably attached, in which the attachment portion includes a liquid inlet portion that is coupled to a liquid outlet provided in the liquid container, and an urging mechanism that urges the liquid container in a direction opposite to an attaching direction in which the liquid container is attached to the attachment portion, and the urging mechanism includes an elastic member that is in close contact with the liquid container attached to the attachment portion and that is provided below the liquid inlet portion in a direction of gravity.

