US 2015/0085011 A1Published application

Image recording device

AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation

InventorsAkihisa WANIBE, Naoyuki OKUMURA

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Abstract

An image recording device includes a support member, a print head, a guide mechanism and a maintenance unit. The print head is configured to eject a liquid from a nozzle at a first position facing the support member. The guide mechanism is configured to guide movement of the print head among the first position, a second position, and a third position. The maintenance unit is configured to carry out maintenance on the print head which is located at the second position, the maintenance unit being arranged at a position facing the print head which is located at the second position. The third position is a position farther than the second position with respect to the first position in a direction going from the support member toward the maintenance unit in the orthogonal direction.

Claims14

Dependent claims

An image recording device comprising:

a support member configured to support a recording medium being conveyed in a conveyance direction;
a print head configured to eject a liquid from a nozzle at a first position facing the support member so as to record an image on the recording medium which is located on the support member;
a guide mechanism configured to guide movement of the print head among the first position, a second position which is different from the first position, and a third position which is different from the first position and the second position in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to a facing direction in which the print head at the first position and the support member face each other;
and
a maintenance unit configured to carry out maintenance on the print head which is located at the second position, the maintenance unit being arranged at a position facing the print head which is located at the second position,
the third position being a position farther than the second position with respect to the first position in a direction going from the support member toward the maintenance unit in the orthogonal direction.

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An image recording device, comprising:

a support member configured to support a recording medium being conveyed in a conveyance direction;
a print head configured to eject a liquid from a nozzle at a first position facing the support member so as to record an image on the recording medium which is located on the support member;
a guide mechanism configured to guide movement of the print head among the first position, a second position which is different from the first position, and a third position which is different from the first position and the second position in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to a facing direction in which the print head at the first position and the support member face each other;
and
a maintenance unit configured to carry out maintenance on the print head which is located at the second position, the maintenance unit being arranged at a position facing the print head which is located at the second position,
the first position, the second position, and the third position being arranged in an order of the third position, the first position, and the second position along the orthogonal direction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/557,590Filed 2 Dec 2014
Priority: JP 2012-27008011 Dec 2012
Published: 26 Mar 2015
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Classification3 codes

B41J 2/16585
Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles: for paper-width or non-reciprocating print heads
B41J 2/16588
For paper-width or non-reciprocating print heads: print heads movable towards the cleaning unit
B41J
Typewriters

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