Ink jet recording apparatus

An ink jet recording device comprising:

• a printer unit;
• and
• a scanner unit that is mounted in an openable/closable manner on the printer unit,
• wherein the printer unit includes a housing, an ink accommodating portion where ink is accommodated, and a head unit that is arranged in the housing and moves in a main scanning direction,
• wherein the head unit has a recording head that ejects ink, a relay member that supplies ink to the recording head, and a relay member accommodating portion that accommodates the relay member,
• wherein the printer unit further includes an ink tube that supplies ink in the ink accommodating portion to the relay member, and a discharge port that discharges a recording medium on which recording is performed by the recording head,
• wherein the scanner unit includes a scanner frame, a carriage that is arranged in the scanner frame, has a sensor, and moves in the main scanning direction, and a convex portion that is disposed in the scanner frame and is positioned on the further discharge port side than the head unit,
• wherein the housing has a facing portion that faces the convex portion for the motor when the scanner unit is in a closed state, and a cover portion that extends to the facing portion and covers at least a part of the head unit which is positioned in an end portion in the main scanning direction, and
• wherein a part of the ink tube is positioned in a space that is formed by the cover portion, the facing portion, and the head unit when the head unit is positioned in the end portion in the main scanning direction.

A ink jet recording device comprising:

• a printer unit;
• and
• a scanner unit that is mounted in an openable/closable manner on the printer unit,
• wherein the printer unit includes a housing, an ink accommodating portion where ink is accommodated, and a head unit that is arranged in the housing and moves in a main scanning direction,
• wherein the head unit has a recording head that ejects ink, a relay member that supplies ink to the recording head, and a relay member accommodating portion that accommodates the relay member,
• wherein the printer unit further includes an ink tube that supplies ink in the ink accommodating portion to the relay adapter, and a discharge port that discharges a recording medium on which recording is performed by the recording head,
• wherein the relay member accommodating portion has an edge that forms an accommodating port which accommodates the relay member,
• wherein a discharge port side of the edge is formed to be lower than the side of the edge opposite to the discharge port side,
• wherein the scanner unit includes a scanner frame, a carriage that is arranged in the scanner frame, has a sensor, and moves in the main scanning direction, and a convex portion that is disposed in the scanner frame and is positioned on the further discharge port side than the head unit,
• wherein the housing has a facing portion that faces the convex portion when the scanner unit is in a closed state, and a cover portion that extends to the facing portion and covers a part of the head unit which is positioned in an end portion in the main scanning direction, and
• wherein a part of the ink tube extends toward the ink accommodating portion from a gap between the cover portion or the facing portion and the low position at the edge of the relay member accommodating portion when the head unit is positioned in the end portion in the main scanning direction.