Liquid discharge apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorYuuya Nakazawa
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Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head, a lift, and a contact member. The liquid discharge head discharges a liquid in a discharge direction. The liquid discharge head is attached onto the head attachment. The lift moves the head attachment back and forth in the discharge direction and keeps an orientation of the head attachment in a plane orthogonal to the discharge direction. The contact member is disposed on a side face of the head attachment. The contact member faces the lift and has a space with the lift in a width direction orthogonal to the discharge direction. The contact member is contactable the lift in response to an inclination of the head attachment with respect to the plane.
Claims20
A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
- a liquid discharge head to discharge a liquid in a discharge direction;
- a head attachment onto which the liquid discharge head is attached;
- a lift to:
- move the head attachment back and forth in the discharge direction;
- and
- keep an orientation of the head attachment in a plane orthogonal to the discharge direction;
- and
- a contact projection on a side face of the head attachment,
- the contact projection facing the lift and having a space with the lift in a width direction orthogonal to the discharge direction, and
- the contact projection is contactable with the lift based on an inclination of the head attachment with respect to the plane,
- wherein the contact projection extends and covers at least a part of the side face of the head attachment in the discharge direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.