Compact ink jet recording apparatus with particular design for recording medium conveyance and support
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHirofumi Hirano, Makoto Kashimura, Katsuyuki Yokoi, Takashi Akiya, Jun Katayanagi, Tetsuo Kimura
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Abstract
A recording apparatus for effecting recording on a recording medium has a recording head for effecting recording on the recording medium, conveying rollers for conveying the recording medium, a first and a second case for covering the recording head and the conveying means, and a mechanism for effecting relative movement of the first case and the second case.
Claims3
An ink jet recording apparatus for recording using an ink jet recording head for discharging ink from a discharge port to record on a recording medium movable in a conveyance direction, said apparatus comprising:
- a carriage for moving said ink jet recording head within a moving area in a direction transverse to the conveyance direction of the recording medium;
- a pair of conveying rollers each having a peripheral surface and being provided along a conveyance route of the recording medium and at opposite sides of the moving area of said carriage,
- a pair of guide members each having a curved surface disposed along the peripheral surface of a corresponding one of said conveying rollers, said guide members effecting conveying of the recording medium by pinching the recording medium between the peripheral surface of each conveying roller and the curved surface of a corresponding one of said guide members;
- a roller shaft for supporting said conveying rollers;
- a rotating member supported by said roller shaft, said rotating member being biased between said conveying rollers by a pair of spring members provided on said roller shaft;
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- driving means for driving said conveying rollers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.