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US 9,283,787 B2Granted
Recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTakayuki Shiota
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a guiding shaft as a guiding portion that extends in a main scanning direction, a carriage, which is provided with a recording head that ejects ink, and which moves in the main scanning direction by sliding along the guiding shaft, and pressing units, which is provided in the carriage, and which presses the guiding shaft in a sub-scanning direction, and a sliding resistance is changed using the pressing units.
Claims11
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a carriage, which is provided with a recording head that ejects ink, and which moves in a first direction;
- a guiding portion that configures at least a portion of a perimeter of a movement range of the carriage, and along which the carriage slides;
- a sliding member, that is provided in the carriage and moves in a sliding manner,
- a pressing unit, which is provided in the carriage, and which presses the guiding portion in a direction that intersects the first direction;
- and
- a power source for operating the carriage having an AC power source mode that is driven by an alternating power source, and a battery mode that is driven by a battery,
- wherein a sliding resistance between the carriage and the guiding portion is changed by varying a distance between where the pressing unit contacts the sliding member and presses the guiding portion based on the power source.
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A recording apparatus comprising:
- a carriage, which is provided with a recording head that ejects ink, and which moves in a first direction;
- a guiding portion that configures at least a portion of a perimeter of a movement range of the carriage, and along which the carriage slides;
- a pressing unit, which is provided in the carriage, and which presses the guiding portion in a direction that intersects the first direction;
- a sliding member that is provided in the carriage and moves in a sliding manner;
- a fixing unit that fixes a position of the sliding member in the first direction with respect to an apparatus main body;
- and
- a control unit that controls a carriage movement mechanism and the fixing unit,
- wherein the control unit varies the distance between where the pressing unit contacts the sliding member and presses the guiding portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.