Recording device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsYusuke Saito, Kenichiro Kaneko, Masaki Kobayashi
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Abstract
The recording device includes an elongated member 79 and a housing section 60. The housing section 60 houses the elongated member 79, and has a fixed end 61, a moving end, and an elongated variable section. A curved portion, which is a portion where the variable section is folded back on the way, moves following the movement of the carriage. In the height direction HD of the housing section 60, film member 76 having flexibility is disposed between the elongated member 79 and the housing section 60. A coefficient of friction between the film member 76 and the elongated member 79 is smaller than a coefficient of friction between the housing section 60 and the elongated member 79.
Claims6
A recording device comprising:
- a carriage including a recording head configured to record on medium and movable in a main scanning direction;
- an elongated member having one end connected to the recording head or the carriage;
- an elongated housing section that houses the elongated member and includes
- a fixed end that is fixed to the apparatus side,
- a moving end that is fixed to the carriage, and
- an elongated variable section that is a variable section extending between the fixed end and the moving end, and
- that in which a curved portion, which is a portion where the variable section extending in parallel to the main scanning direction folds back at an intermediate section thereof, moves following movement of the carriage;
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- a flexible film member disposed between the elongated member and the housing section in a height direction intersecting with a longitudinal direction of the housing section, wherein
- a coefficient of friction between the film member and the elongated member is smaller than a coefficient of friction between the housing section and the elongated member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.