Printing device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKeita Hanawa, Tatsuya Ito, Ryo Nishikawa
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Abstract
A printing device 10 includes a head unit 39 configured to eject liquid onto a medium; a first movement section 37 configured to move the head unit 39 in a width direction X; a guide frame 40 configured to guide movement of the head unit 39 in a width direction X; and a second movement section 38 configured to move the first movement section 37 in a forward and rearward direction Y intersecting the width direction X, wherein the guide frame 40 includes a first bent section 81 formed by bending a metal plate along the width direction X and a second bent section 82 formed by bending the metal plate along the width direction X, and guides the head unit 39 by a first guide section 84, which is between the first bent section 81 and the second bent section 82.
Claims5
A printing device comprising:
- a head unit configured to eject liquid onto a medium;
- a first movement section configured to move the head unit in a first direction;
- a guide frame configured to guide movement of the head unit in the first direction;
- and
- a second movement section configured to move the first movement section in a second direction intersecting the first direction, wherein
- the guide frame includes a first bent section formed by bending a metal plate along the first direction and a second bent section formed by bending the metal plate along the first direction, and guides the head unit by a first guide section, which is between the first bent section and the second bent section;
- the head unit includes a grasping section including a pair of contacts and associated pair of springs configured to grasp the first guide section;
- and
- the grasping section includes a first contact member disposed on an inner side of the guide frame and a second contact member disposed on an outer side of the guide frame, and grasps the first guide section between the first contact member and the second contact member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.