Capping unit having a decreased load during a peeling operation and ink-jet recording apparatus using the same
US6273546A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 28, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 14, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 28, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/16547
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Cap holders (60, 70) are accommodation in a holder receiving member (40) in such a state that the cap holders are urged by springs toward the side of a recording head at two places with inclinations at angles of .theta.1, .theta.2 in the moving direction of a carriage and at an angle of .theta.3 in a direction perpendicular thereto. Moments are produced by giving a difference to the distance between the whole periphery of a cap and the recording head, and peeling is effected from one point, so that the sealing of the recording head and the peeling of the cap off the recording head are made compatible.
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