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US 10,173,427 B2Granted
Recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKenichi Shirota, Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Kazunori Takabayashi
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a carriage which includes a recording head that performs recording on a medium and is movable in a predetermined direction; and a power supply unit that supplies power for driving drive targets including the carriage, wherein the power supply unit is located at a position in a movement area of the carriage. The power supply unit is disposed on an apparatus front side with respect to the movement area of the carriage in an apparatus depth direction, which is a direction intersecting the movement direction of the carriage. The power supply unit is disposed on an upper side of a medium transportation path in the vertical direction.
Claims13
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a carriage which includes a recording head that performs recording on a medium and is movable in a predetermined direction;
- a power supply unit that supplies power for driving drive targets including the carriage, wherein the power supply unit is located at a position in a movement area of the carriage, the movement area corresponding to a movement direction of the carriage, which movement direction is the predetermined direction;
- an inlet for connecting a power supply plug on an apparatus back side in an apparatus depth direction, which is a direction that intersects the movement direction of the carriage;
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- a power cable connecting the power supply unit to a power inlet, wherein the power cable crosses below the movement area in an apparatus height direction as seen in side view in an apparatus width direction.
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A recording apparatus comprising:
- a carriage which includes a recording head that performs recording on a medium and is movable in a predetermined direction;
- a power supply unit that supplies power for driving drive targets including the carriage, wherein the power supply unit is located at an apparatus front side with respect to a movement area of the carriage in an apparatus depth direction, which is a direction intersecting a movement direction of the carriage;
- an inlet for connecting a power supply plug on an apparatus back side in the apparatus depth direction;
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- a power cable connecting the power supply unit to a power inlet, wherein the power cable crosses below the movement area in an apparatus height direction as seen in side view in an apparatus width direction.
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A recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording head that performs recording on a medium;
- a power supply unit that supplies power for driving drive targets including the recording head, wherein the power supply unit is located at an upper side of a transportation path of a medium in an apparatus height direction;
- an inlet for connecting a power supply plug on an apparatus back side in an apparatus depth direction, which is a direction that intersects a movement direction of the recording head;
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- a power cable connecting the power supply unit to a power inlet, wherein the power cable crosses below the movement area in the apparatus height direction as seen in side view in an apparatus width direction.
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A recording apparatus comprising:
- a carriage which includes a recording head that performs recording on a medium and is movable in a predetermined direction;
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- a power supply unit that supplies power for driving drive targets including the carriage, wherein the power supply unit is disposed in a protective housing, and wherein an overlapping portion of the protective housing overlaps a movement area of the carriage such that the carriage moves underneath the overlapping portion of the protective housing, the movement area corresponding to a movement direction of the carriage, which movement direction is the predetermined direction.
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a media container that houses a medium is disposed in a lower part of the recording apparatus;
- a carriage which includes a recording head that performs recording on the medium fed out from the media container and is movable in a predetermined direction;
- an output tray that outputs the recorded media;
- a power supply unit that supplies power for driving drive targets including the carriage, wherein the power supply unit is located at a position in a movement area of the carriage, the movement area corresponding to a movement direction of the carriage, which movement direction is the predetermined direction;
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- an operation section for input operation disposed on an apparatus front side in an apparatus depth direction, which is a direction intersecting the movement direction of the carriage, wherein the power supply unit is disposed between the movement area of the carriage and the operation section in the apparatus depth direction and is disposed on or above the media container and the output tray in a height direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.