Ink-jet recording apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorsYasuyuki Fukunaga, Masaki Murashima
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Abstract
An ink-jet recording apparatus of the present disclosure includes a recording portion, a cap unit, a wipe unit, and a lid member. The recording portion has a recording head. The cap unit is capable of reciprocating between a first position directly below the recording portion and a second position that is retracted in a horizontal direction from the first position, and has a cap portion that caps the recording head when at the first position. The wipe unit performs a recovery process with respect to the recording head. At the second position, the lid member is disposed above the cap unit and comes into tight contact with the cap portion.
Claims14
An ink-jet recording apparatus, comprising:
- a recording portion having a recording head that ejects ink;
- a cap unit that is capable of reciprocating between a first position that is directly below the recording portion and a second position that is retracted in a horizontal direction from the first position, and has a cap portion that caps the recording head when at the first position;
- a wipe unit that is capable of reciprocating between the first position and the second position, and performs a recovery process with respect to the recording head when at the first position;
- a lid member that, at the second position, is disposed above the cap unit and comes into tight contact with the cap portion;
- a unit horizontal movement mechanism that moves the cap unit and the wipe unit in the horizontal direction;
- and
- a unit ascending/descending mechanism that causes the cap unit and the wipe unit to ascend/descend in an up-down direction.
An ink-jet recording apparatus, comprising:
- a recording portion having a recording head that ejects ink;
- a cap unit that is capable of reciprocating between a first position that is directly below the recording portion and a second position that is retracted in a horizontal direction from the first position, and caps the recoding head when at the first position;
- a wipe unit that is capable of reciprocating between the first position and the second position, is disposed below or above the cap unit when at the second position, and performs a recovery process with respect to the recording head when at the first position;
- a unit horizontal movement mechanism that moves the cap unit and the wipe unit in the horizontal direction;
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- a unit ascending/descending mechanism that causes the cap unit and the wipe unit to ascend/descend in an up-down direction,
- wherein
- the unit ascending/descending mechanism includes:
- a plurality of wires each having one end thereof attached to a lower unit that is one of the cap unit and the wipe unit which is disposed below an other when at the second position;
- a pair of winding pulleys to which an other end of each of the plurality of wires is attached and that wind the plurality of wires;
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- a winding drive source that drives the pair of winding pulleys to rotate, and
- the pair of winding pulleys rotate forward/backward, thus causing the lower unit to ascend/descend.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.