Recording apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKazuhiro Hashii, Tomoyuki Mokuo, Satoshi Ushimaru
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Abstract
A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A guide shaft extends in a first direction. A carriage reciprocately carries the liquid ejecting head in the first direction while being guided by the guide shaft. A moment generator is disposed between the carriage and the guide shaft at a position shifted from a centrium of the carriage in the first direction. The moment generator exerts a force directed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, thereby generating a first rotation moment in the carriage.
Claims11
A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising:
- a liquid ejecting head, adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium;
- a guide shaft, extending in a first direction;
- a carriage, reciprocately carrying the liquid ejecting head in the first direction while being guided by the guide shaft;
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- a moment generator, disposed between the carriage and the guide shaft at a position shifted from a centrum of the carriage in the first direction, and exerting a force directed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, thereby generating a first rotation moment in the carriage, wherein
- the first direction includes a third direction and a fourth direction which are opposed to each other,
- when the carriage carries the liquid ejecting head in the third direction, the first rotation moment generated by the moment generator is directed in a direction, and
- when the carriage carries the liquid ejecting head in the fourth direction, the first rotation moment generated by the moment generator is directed in the direction.
A recording apparatus, comprising:
- a recording head, adapted to perform recording on a recording medium;
- a guide shaft, extending in a first direction;
- a carriage, reciprocately carrying the recording head in the first direction while being guided by the guide shaft;
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- a moment generator, disposed between the carriage and the guide shaft at a position shifted from a centrum of the carriage in the first direction, and exerting a force directed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, thereby generating a rotation moment in the carriage, wherein
- the first direction includes a third direction and a fourth direction which are opposed to each other,
- when the carriage carries the liquid ejecting head in the third direction, the first rotation moment generated by the moment generator is directed in a direction, and
- when the carriage carries the liquid ejecting head in the fourth direction, the first rotation moment generated by the moment generator is directed in the direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.