Recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKatsunari KUMAGAI, Makoto SATO, Satoshi NAKATA, Tatsuya ITO
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes: a carriage that has a recording head which performs recording on a medium; and a gap adjusting unit that causes the carriage to shift in a direction in which a gap between a medium and the recording head changes depending on rotation of a cam. In a state in which the carriage is positioned at an end portion in a moving range in the first direction, at least a part of the carriage and at least a part of the cam overlap in a moving direction of the carriage. In the state in which the carriage is positioned at the end portion in the moving range in the first direction, the cam does not project with respect to the carriage in the first direction.
Claims15
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a carriage that has a recording head which performs recording on a medium and that is movable in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction;
- and
- a gap adjusting unit that causes the carriage to shift in a direction in which a gap between a medium and the recording head changes depending on rotation of a cam,
- wherein, in a state in which the carriage is positioned at an end portion in a moving range in the first direction, at least a part of the carriage and at least a part of the cam overlap in a moving direction of the carriage.
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a carriage that has a recording head which performs recording on a medium and that is movable in a direction intersecting with a medium transport direction;
- a driving belt that pulls the carriage in a moving direction;
- and
- a linear scale that configures a position detecting unit which detects a position of the carriage and that is provided to extend in the moving direction of the carriage,
- wherein at least a part of the linear scale and at least a part of a region occupied by the driving belt overlap in an apparatus-height direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.