Table moving mechanism and inkjet printer including the same
AssigneeRoland Dg Corporation
InventorsKikuo MATSUBA, Naoki KOTOBUKI, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI
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Abstract
A table moving mechanism includes a table, a slide apparatus including a first base and slide rails, and a lift including a vertical mover to raise and lower the first base. The table is moved in a first direction along the slide rails. The vertical mover raises and lowers the first base so as to move the table in an up-down direction. Because the vertical mover does not move in the first direction, the table moving mechanism needs no table carriage to move the vertical mover in the first direction. Consequently, the table moving mechanism is not required to have a dual-box shape necessary for conventional table moving mechanisms.
Claims10
A table moving mechanism comprising:
- a table on which a recording medium is to be placed;
- a slide apparatus to convey the table in a first direction that is horizontal;
- and
- a lift to adjust a height of the table in an up-down direction;
- wherein
- the slide apparatus includes:
- a slide rail supporting the table and extending in the first direction;
- a first base provided with the slide rail;
- and
- a conveyor to move the table in the first direction relative to the first base along the slide rail;
- and
- the lift includes:
- raising and lowering shafts in engagement with the first base and extending in the up-down direction;
- a second base on which the raising and lowering shafts stand;
- and
- a vertical mover to move the first base relative to the second base in the up-down direction along the raising and lowering shafts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.