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US 2014/0232784 A1Published application
Inkjet Recording Apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsJie Xiu, Keisuke Wakakusa, Iwane Sano, Masao Mimoto, Yasuhira Ota, Shingo Ito, Noriyuki Kawamata
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Abstract
An inkjet recording device is described in which maintenance is performed by a maintenance unit upon a recording head. The maintenance unit is located on a base unit. The base unit includes a wall portion supporting a plurality of gear shafts protruding in a width direction from the wall portion.
Claims29
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording head configured to record an image onto a recording medium conveyed in a conveyance direction by ejecting ink droplets from nozzles;
- a carriage configured to support the recording head and move in a width direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction;
- a maintenance unit disposed within a movable range of the carriage and configured to perform maintenance of the recording head in a state where the maintenance unit faces the recording head;
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- a base unit made of resin and having a one-piece structure and including a wall portion, the base unit configured to support the maintenance unit, the base unit including a plurality of gear shafts integral with the wall portion and the plurality of gear shafts protruding from the wall portion of the base unit in the width direction.
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An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:
- a recording head configured to record an image onto a recording medium conveyed in a conveyance direction by ejecting ink droplets from nozzles;
- a carriage configured to support the recording head and move in a width direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction through a movable range;
- a maintenance unit disposed within the movable range of the carriage, the maintenance unit being configured to perform maintenance of the recording head at a state where the maintenance unit faces the recording head;
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- a base unit configured to support the maintenance unit, the base unit including a wall portion supporting a plurality of gear shafts protruding in the width direction from the wall portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.