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Image recording apparatus

US7806510B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 27, 2006
Grant dateOct 5, 2010
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Expiry dateAug 4, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J25/34
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An image recording apparatus comprises a carriage carrying a recording head for recording an image on a recording medium transported in a predetermined direction, first and second support members, disposed on an upstream side and a downstream side, respectively, in a transport direction of the recording medium, for supporting said carriage slidably by support surfaces thereof facing said recording head and an endless belt for moving said carriage reciprocally in a direction substantially orthogonal to the transport direction wherein said carriage comprises a first contact section that comes into contact with the support surface of said first support member, and a second contact section that comes into contact with the support surface of said second support member, and a height position of a joint section of said endless belt and said carriage is at substantially the same height as a position of center of gravity of said carriage.

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