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US 6,305,785 B1Granted
Head holder, head assembly, head cartridge, ink jet recorder, and method for manufacturing head assembly
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKen Hosaka, Masanori Takenouchi, Wataru Takahashi, Yoshiaki Kurihara
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Abstract
A head holder including an ink jet head for discharging ink and a flexible cable on which a contact portion to which an electric signal for discharging ink from the ink jet head is transferred is formed and which is joined to the ink jet head, wherein an opening through which the flexible cable passes is formed in the head holder and a portion of the flexible cable on which the contact portion is formed is exposed to the outside of the head holder from the opening of the head holder.
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A head holder comprising:
- an ink jet head for discharging ink;
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- a flexible cable having a contact portion to which an electric signal for discharging ink from the ink jet head is transferred, the flexible cable being joined to the ink jet head;
- wherein an opening through which the flexible cable passes is formed in the head holder and a portion of the flexible cable on which the contact portion is formed passes through the opening and is exposed to the outside of the head holder.
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A head assembly comprising:
- an ink jet head for discharging ink;
- a flexible cable having a contact portion to which an electric signal for discharging ink from the ink jet head is transferred, the flexible cable being joined to the ink jet head;
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- a head holder to which the ink jet head and the flexible cable are set;
- wherein an opening through which the flexible cable passes is formed on the head holder and the portion of the flexible cable on which the contact portion is formed passes through the opening and is exposed to the outside of the head holder.
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An ink jet recorder comprising:
- an ink jet head for discharging ink;
- a flexible cable having a contact portion to which an electric signal for discharging ink from the ink jet head is transferred, the flexible cable being joined to the ink jet head;
- a head holder to which the ink jet head and the flexible cable are set;
- a head cartridge configured by setting the ink jet head and the flexible cable to the head holder;
- a recording-medium carrying system for carrying a recording medium for receiving the ink discharged from the ink jet head of the head cartridge;
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- a carriage to be reciprocated in the direction intersecting with the carrying direction of the recording medium by mounting the head cartridge;
- wherein an opening through which the flexible cable passes is formed on the head holder and the portion of the flexible cable on which the contact portion is formed passes through the opening and is exposed to the outside of the head holder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.