Recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsYuki MORIYA, Seiya HAYASHI, Eiji MIYASHITA
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a conveyance unit for a medium, a recording head that performs recording by ejecting ink onto the medium, a carriage on which the recording head is mounted and which reciprocates in a scanning direction, a blower unit that sends air toward the recording head, a detection unit that is located upstream in a conveyance direction of the carriage and between the blower unit and the recording head in a blowing direction of air by the blower unit and detects a position of the carriage in the scanning direction, a housing, and a cover that covers a linear encoder scale of the detection unit so as to block air blow by the blower unit.
Claims5
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a conveyance unit configured to convey a medium in a conveyance direction;
- a recording head configured to record an image by ejecting ink onto the medium conveyed by the conveyance unit;
- a carriage on which the recording head is mounted and which is configured to reciprocate in a scanning direction crossing the conveyance direction;
- a blower unit configured to send air toward the recording head;
- a linear encoder scale and a linear encoder sensor which are located upstream in the conveyance direction of the carriage and between the blower unit and the recording head in a blowing direction of air by the blower unit, and which are configured to detect a position of the carriage in the scanning direction;
- a housing configured to house the carriage, the linear encoder scale, and the linear encoder sensor;
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- a cover configured to cover the linear encoder scale so as to block air blow by the blower unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.