Recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKatsunari Kumagai, Makoto Sato, Satoshi Nakata, Tatsuya Ito
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes: a carriage that has a recording head which performs recording on a medium; and a gap adjusting unit that causes the carriage to shift in a direction in which a gap between a medium and the recording head changes depending on rotation of a cam. In a state in which the carriage is positioned at an end portion in a moving range in the first direction, at least a part of the carriage and at least a part of the cam overlap in a moving direction of the carriage. In the state in which the carriage is positioned at the end portion in the moving range in the first direction, the cam does not project with respect to the carriage in the first direction.
Claims13
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a carriage that has a recording head which performs recording on a medium and that is movable in a first scanning direction and a second scanning direction opposite to the first scanning direction;
- and a gap adjusting unit that causes the carriage to shift in a direction in which a gap between a medium and the recording head changes depending on rotation of a cam, wherein, in a state in which the carriage is positioned at an end portion in a moving range in the first scanning direction, at least a part of the carriage and at least a part of the cam overlap in a moving direction of the carriage and the cam does not project beyond the carriage in the first scanning direction.
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a carriage that has a recording head which performs recording on a medium and that is movable in a first scanning direction and a second scanning direction opposite to the first scanning direction;
- a gap adjusting unit that causes the carriage to shift in a direction in which a gap between a medium and the recording head changes depending on rotation of a cam;
- and a press unit that engages with the carriage and presses the carriage downward in a state in which the gap is at least larger than the smallest gap, wherein, in a state in which the carriage is positioned at an end portion in a moving range in the first scanning direction, at least a part of the carriage and at least a part of the cam overlap in a moving direction of the carriage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.