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US 2006/0050104 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorMasatoshi Sakakitani
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes a maintenance recovery mechanism for maintaining and restoring a condition of a recording head. An opening larger than an outline of a frame of the maintenance recovery mechanism is formed in a side plate to which an end of a guide rod is attached. The frame of the maintenance recovery mechanism is secured and held at the upper side of the opening. The maintenance recovery mechanism can be removed in a scanning main direction through the opening of the side plate.
Claims5
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a carriage on which a recording head that ejects recording liquid is mounted;
- a side plate;
- a guide rod attached at an end to the side plate and adapted to guide the carriage in a main scanning direction;
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- a maintenance recovery mechanism disposed at an end side of a scanning area of the carriage and adapted to maintain a condition of the recording head, the maintenance recovery mechanism including a frame;
- wherein an opening larger than an outline of the frame of the maintenance recovery mechanism is formed in the side plate such that the maintenance recovery mechanism is removed through the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.