Inkjet printer
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsOsamu Takagi, Tsugio Okamoto
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Abstract
An inkjet printer includes a recording head, a conveyance mechanism, a shutter, a storage portion, and a moving mechanism. The recording head includes an ejection surface in which an ejection port for ejecting ink is defined. The conveyance mechanism conveys a printing medium while the printing medium is facing the ejection surface. The shutter covers the ejection surface. The storage portion stores the shutter. The moving mechanism moves the shutter from the storage portion to a facing position while the shutter is separate from the ejection surface. The shutter faces and covers the ejection surface at the facing position.
Claims16
An inkjet printer comprising:
- a recording head including an ejection surface in which an ejection port for ejecting ink is defined;
- a conveyance mechanism that conveys a printing medium while the printing medium is facing the ejection surface;
- a shutter that covers the ejection surface;
- a storage portion that stores the shutter;
- a moving mechanism that moves the shutter from the storage portion to a facing position while the shutter is separate from the ejection surface, wherein the shutter faces and covers the ejection surface at the facing position;
- a casing in which the recoding head is disposed;
- a cover that is disposed on an outer surface of the casing and is openable to expose a conveyance path along which the conveyance mechanism conveys the printing medium;
- a lock mechanism that prohibits the cover from being opened;
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- an unlocking unit that cancels the prohibiting of opening the cover when the shutter is located at the facing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.