Recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsMasaki Shimomura, Yoshihiro Otagiri
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a recording head, an ink supply section, a carriage, and a detection unit. The ink supply section supplies ink to the recording head. The carriage reciprocates in predetermined directions and is provided with the recording head and includes a passage junction to be connected to or disconnected from an ink passage formed between the ink supply section and the recording head. The detection unit converts a result of detecting a detection target into an electrical signal. One of the detection target and the detection unit is mounted in the carriage. The carriage has an ink guiding mechanism that guides the ink from a region positioned below the passage junction in a vertical direction to the detection target or an installation part for the detection unit.
Claims10
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording head from which ink is ejected;
- an ink supply section that supplies the ink to the recording head;
- a carriage that reciprocates in predetermined directions and that is provided with the recording head and includes a passage junction to be connected to or disconnected from an ink passage formed between the ink supply section and the recording head;
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- a detection unit that converts a result of detecting a detection target into an electrical signal, the detection unit being used to control at least one of the recording head and the carriage,
- one of the detection target and the detection unit being mounted in the carriage,
- the carriage having an ink guiding mechanism that guides the ink from a region positioned below the passage junction in a vertical direction to the detection target or an installation part for the detection unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.