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US 11,153,456 B2Granted
Printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsYoshikazu Nagai, Yoshiyuki Okazawa
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Abstract
A printer has: a recording unit having a recorder that makes a record on a medium; and a scanner unit having a reader that reads an original placed on an original table, the scanner unit being disposed on the top of the recording unit. The scanner unit is horizontally shift between a first position at which the recording unit is used and a second position, which is a maintenance position of the recording unit.
Claims9
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording unit having a recorder that makes a record on a medium;
- and
- a scanner unit having a reader that reads an original placed on an original table, the scanner unit being disposed on a top of the recording unit;
- wherein the scanner unit is horizontally shifted between a first position at which the recording unit is used and a second position, which is a maintenance position of the recording unit, by maintaining its orientation in an up-down direction as it is shifted from the first position to the second position,
- wherein the recorder makes a record by discharging a liquid to a medium,
- wherein the recording unit has a liquid storage section that stores the liquid to be supplied to the recorder, the liquid storage section having a pour through which the liquid is supplied, and
- wherein at the second position, the scanner unit does not interfere with a liquid replenishment container attached to the pour.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.