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Recording apparatus

US8911058B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 2012
Grant dateDec 16, 2014
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Expiry dateJan 9, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J25/3086
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ink jet printer includes a carriage that includes a recording head which performs recording on a medium and is movable in a scanning direction of the recording head, a first sliding portion that is provided so as to be able to displace a relative position to a carriage main body in a direction in which a gap between the recording head and the medium changes and moves in the scanning direction together with the carriage, a guide member with which the first sliding portion makes contact and that is provided so as to extend in the scanning direction, and a gap adjusting unit that adjusts the gap by adjusting a position of the carriage main body relative to the first sliding portion.

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