Carriage structure and printer
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTetsugo Ishida, Takumi Watanabe
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Abstract
Provided are a carriage structure capable of preventing a carriage from contacting a side edge of a print medium, without requiring a discharge roller and facilitating reducing device size, and a printer having the carriage structure. Disposed to a carriage 21 carrying and inkjet head 22 and moving bidirectionally through a range of movement including the conveyance path of a cut-sheet paper S are: a panel member 78 able to protrude in the direction of carriage 21 movement; and a moving mechanism 126 causing the panel member 78 to protrude to the conveyance path of the cut-sheet paper S when the carriage 21 is at a standby position (home position) set in the range of carriage 21 movement.
Claims4
A carriage configured to carry a printhead which prints on a print medium, the carriage comprising:
- a panel member configured to have one end part supported pivotably to the carriage;
- a link member, supported slidably to the carriage, configured to connect pivotably to another end part of the panel member;
- an urging member configured to pull the panel member to the carriage, and
- wherein when the carriage is at a standby position, the link member touches a stationary contact part and protrudes with the panel member to the print medium.
A printer including a printhead configured to print a print medium, and a carriage configured to carry the printhead, the printer comprising:
- a panel member configured to have one end part supported pivotably to the carriage;
- a link member, supported slidably to the carriage, configured to connect pivotably to another end part of the panel member;
- an urging member configured to pull the panel member to the carriage, and
- wherein when the carriage is at a standby position, the link member touches a stationary contact part and protrudes with the panel member to the print medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.