Recording apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuo Miyauchi
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Abstract
The present invention provides a recording apparatus having a cartridge mounting member to which a cartridge is detachably mountable, having a connector adapted to effect electrical connection to the cartridge and having a first attached portion for receiving an attaching member for attaching the connector to the cartridge mounting member, a second attached portion provided on the cartridge mounting member and adapted to receive the attaching member when the connector is attached to the cartridge mounting member, and a substrate adapted to hold the connector and having a configuration in which the substrate is not contacted with the attaching member when the first and second attached portions are interconnected by the attaching member.
Claims22
A recording apparatus having a cartridge mounting member to which a cartridge is detachably mountable, comprising:
- a connector for effecting electrical connection to said cartridge and having a first attached portion for receiving an attaching member for attaching said connector to said cartridge mounting member;
- a second attached portion provided on said cartridge mounting member for receiving said attaching member when said connector is attached to said cartridge mounting member;
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- a substrate adapted to hold said connector and having a configuration such that said substrate is not contacted with said attaching member when said first and second attached portions are interconnected by said attaching member.
A recording apparatus having a carriage capable of removably mounting a head cartridge, said apparatus comprising:
- a connector for electrically connecting a contact pad of said head cartridge, said connector having an elastic metal connecting piece;
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- a contact substrate for holding said connector, said contact substrate having such shape that when said connector is fixed to said carriage by an attaching member, said contact substrate is not in contact with said attaching member.
A recording apparatus having a carriage capable of removably mounting a head cartridge, said apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of connectors for electrically connecting a contact pad of said head cartridge, said connectors each having an elastic metal connecting piece;
- a contact substrate for holding said plurality of connectors;
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- a spacer interposed between said plurality of connectors and said contact substrate, said carriage and said plurality of connectors being positioned by said spacer, and said contact substrate having such shape that when said connectors are fixed to said carriage by an attaching member, said contact substrate is not in contact with said attaching member.
A method for attaching an electrical substrate to a cartridge mounting member to which a cartridge is detachably mountable, comprising the steps of:
- providing, on a connector for effecting electrical connection to the cartridge, a first attached portion for receiving an attaching member for attaching the connector to the cartridge mounting member;
- providing, on the cartridge mounting member, a second attached portion for receiving the attaching member when the connector is attached to the cartridge mounting member;
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- providing an escape portion in the substrate for holding the connector so that the substrate does not interfere with the attaching member when the first and second attached portions are secured to each other by the attaching member.
A recording apparatus having a carriage capable of removably mounting a head cartridge, said apparatus comprising:
- a connector for electrically connecting a contact pad of said head cartridge, said connector having an elastic metal piece;
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- a contact substrate for holding said connector, said contact substrate having such shape that when said connector is fixed to said carriage by an attaching member, said contact substrate has a relief for said attaching member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.