JP2004050544A - Carriage and recorder provided with carriage - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a carriage which can be resin molded simply and quickly and can deal with modification of design readily and quickly. <P>SOLUTION: The carriage 1 consists of two units, i.e. a moving section unit 20 and a recording section unit 30. In the recording section unit 30, engaging parts are formed at positions corresponding to engaged parts 23 and 24 formed on the side face of the moving section unit 20. The recording section unit 30 can turn about a center of rotation A with respect to the moving section unit 20 and the angle between a recording head and the carrying direction of a print sheet can be adjusted. The moving section unit 20 and the recording section unit 30 are resin molded and modification of design of the carriage 1 can be dealt with by modification of design only of the recording section unit 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a carriage provided in a recording apparatus so as to reciprocate in a main scanning direction while being guided by a carriage guide shaft extending in the main scanning direction. Further, the present invention relates to a recording apparatus provided with the carriage.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Hereinafter, an ink jet printer (hereinafter, abbreviated as “printer”) as one of the recording apparatuses will be described as an example. The printer includes an ink jet recording head (hereinafter, abbreviated as “recording head”) for discharging ink at a bottom portion of the carriage. The carriage has a substantially box shape and houses an ink cartridge that supplies ink to the recording head. Further, the carriage is adapted to pass through a carriage guide shaft extending in the main scanning direction, and reciprocate while being guided in the main scanning direction by the carriage guide shaft.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, the above-mentioned carriage is generally formed by resin molding. However, the structure of the carriage is complicated, so that the molding die becomes complicated, so that it becomes difficult to manufacture the die and the cost of the die is increased. Will be. In addition, when the design of the carriage is changed, it is necessary to recreate all the dies, which increases the cost of the design change and requires time for the design change.
[0004]
In addition, the following problem has occurred. In some recent printers, the ink cartridge is independent for each of a plurality of colors, and is configured to be independently replaceable for each color. An IC chip is mounted for each ink cartridge, and information such as the color of ink in each ink cartridge and the remaining amount of ink is stored in the IC chip. Some are configured to transmit and receive data and thereby execute appropriate print control. In such a configuration, when the angle of the recording head with respect to the carriage is finely adjusted in order to adjust the parallelism between the dot forming element row of the recording head and the transport direction, the ink cartridge mounted therein is moved in the carriage. There is a problem in that the IC chip slightly moves, thereby changing the relative position between the IC chip and the electric contact of the IC chip, thereby changing the contact pressure between the IC chip and the electric contact. In particular, as the number of ink cartridges increases, the relative positions of the electrical contacts and the IC chips in the cartridges at both ends of the plurality of ink cartridges change significantly, and the contact pressure between the plurality of ink cartridges increases. There is a problem that the variation becomes large.
[0005]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to make the carriage easier and faster when forming the carriage by resin molding, and to easily and quickly respond to a design change. In order to obtain a carriage capable of performing the above operations, the contact pressure between the IC chip provided in the ink cartridge and its electrical contact does not change even if the parallelism between the dot forming element row and the transport direction is adjusted. Is to do.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problem, a carriage according to claim 1 of the present application is a carriage provided so as to reciprocate in a main scanning direction while being guided by a carriage guide shaft extending in the main scanning direction in a recording apparatus, wherein the carriage is provided. It is characterized by comprising at least two units: a moving unit that allows the guide shaft to pass through, and a recording unit that is attached to the moving unit and has a recording head that performs recording on a recording material. And
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the carriage includes a moving unit that allows the carriage guide shaft to pass therethrough, and a recording unit that is attached to the moving unit and includes a recording head that performs recording on a recording material. Therefore, the structure of the molding die can be simplified as compared with the case where the entire carriage is integrally formed. Therefore, a molding die can be manufactured easily and in a short period of time. In addition, when the design of the carriage is changed, the design of only the recording unit may be changed without changing the moving unit, and the cost of the molding die can be reduced when the design of the carriage is changed. In addition to this, a molding die can be manufactured easily and in a short period of time.
[0007]
Further, the ink cartridge is independent for each of a plurality of colors, and is configured to be independently replaceable for each color. Further, an IC chip is mounted for each ink cartridge, and each ink cartridge is mounted on the IC chip. In a carriage configured to store information such as the color of ink in a cartridge and the remaining amount of ink and to transmit and receive data between an IC chip and a control unit of a printer, an electric contact of the IC chip and an IC The parallelism between the dot forming element row of the recording head and the transport direction can be adjusted without changing the relative position with respect to the chip. That is, by changing the mounting orientation of the recording unit with respect to the moving unit, the parallelism of the recording unit as a whole with the transport direction can be adjusted. Does not change, and the problem that the contact pressure between the electric contact and the IC chip changes does not occur. In addition, even if the number of ink cartridges increases, the contact pressure does not vary for each ink cartridge.
[0008]
The carriage according to a second aspect of the present invention is the carriage according to the first aspect, further comprising an adjusting unit that changes an attitude of the recording unit with respect to the moving unit.
According to the invention of claim 2 of the present application, since there is provided adjusting means for changing the attitude of the recording unit with respect to the moving unit, the distance between the recording surface of the recording material and the recording head (for example, PG: paper gap) or the angle between the dot forming element array provided on the recording head and the recording material transport direction can be adjusted, thereby obtaining an appropriate recording result. Can be.
[0009]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the carriage according to the second aspect, the adjusting unit is configured to be capable of adjusting an angle between a dot forming element array provided in the recording head and a transport direction of the recording material. Features.
According to the third aspect of the present invention, the adjusting means is configured to be able to adjust the angle between the dot forming element array provided on the recording head and the conveying direction of the recording material. Adjustment can be performed so that the dot forming element row and the transport direction of the recording material become parallel, so that an appropriate recording result can be obtained.
[0010]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the carriage according to the third aspect, the adjusting unit is provided on a side surface of the recording unit in a main scanning direction, and extends in a direction orthogonal to a recording surface of the recording material. A rotating shaft for rotating the unit relative to the moving unit, and a rotating shaft provided on a side surface in the main scanning direction opposite to the side on which the rotating shaft is provided, and the recording unit and the moving unit on the side surface Recording unit rotating means for rotating the recording unit relative to the moving unit by adjusting the distance to the recording unit.
According to the invention described in claim 4 of the present application, the adjusting means is provided on a side surface of the recording unit in the main scanning direction, extends in a direction perpendicular to a recording surface of the recording material, and controls the recording unit. A rotating shaft that rotates with respect to the moving unit, and a rotating shaft that is provided on a side surface in the main scanning direction opposite to a side on which the rotating shaft is provided; and the recording unit and the moving unit unit on the side surface And a recording unit rotating means for rotating the recording unit with respect to the moving unit by adjusting the distance of the recording unit. With a simple structure such as moving, the posture of the recording unit with respect to the moving unit can be easily changed.
[0011]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the carriage according to the fourth aspect, the recording unit rotating unit is provided with a lever member rotatably provided along a side wall of the recording unit, and a rotation of the lever member. And an eccentric cam engaged with a cam surface provided on the moving unit.
According to the invention as set forth in claim 5 of the present application, the recording unit rotating means is provided with a lever member rotatably provided along a side wall of the recording unit, and the moving unit is rotated with rotation of the lever member. Since the eccentric cam engages with a cam surface provided in the unit, the posture of the recording unit with respect to the moving unit can be changed by a simple operation such as rotating a lever member, and operability is improved. good.
[0012]
A recording apparatus according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is a recording apparatus that performs recording on a recording material, and includes the carriage according to any one of the first to fifth aspects.
According to the invention as set forth in claim 6 of the present application, the recording apparatus includes the carriage according to any one of the above-described claims 1 to 5, so that the recording apparatus includes the carriage according to any of the above-described claims 1 to 5 of the present invention. The same operation and effect as the operation and effect of any of the inventions described above can be obtained.
[0013]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of the printer 100 will be outlined with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. Here, FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an apparatus main body of an ink jet printer (hereinafter, abbreviated as “printer”) 100 as a “recording apparatus” according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a carriage 1 in FIG. FIG.
[0014]
The base body of the printer 100 is constituted by the center frame 2 and the side frames 3 and 4. The center frame 2 is erected in parallel with the main scanning direction (the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1), and the side frames 3 and 4 are erected at both ends of the center frame 2 so as to be orthogonal to the center frame 2.
[0015]
The printer 100 feeds and discharges printing paper from the rear of the apparatus (upper right in FIG. 1) to the front of the apparatus (lower left in FIG. 1), and discharges the paper. The device can be mounted. On the front side of the center frame 2, a transport drive roller 8 extending in parallel with the main scanning direction is provided so as to be rotatably driven, and a transport driven roller ( The print drive paper 8 is conveyed at a constant pitch to the lower portion of the carriage 1 by rotating the transport drive roller 8 while pressing the print paper between the print paper and the print paper.
[0016]
Next, the carriage 1 is disposed in front of the center frame 2. The carriage 1 has a substantially box shape, and as shown in FIG. 2, the inside thereof is a storage section 31 for storing the ink cartridge 17 (see FIG. 7) not shown in FIG. An ink jet recording head (hereinafter, referred to as “recording head”) 9 is provided below the carriage 1 (see FIG. 6), ink is supplied from the ink cartridge 17 to the recording head 9, and dots provided in the recording head 9 are provided. Printing is performed by ejecting ink droplets from the forming element array 10 (see FIG. 6). The detailed configuration of the carriage 1 will be described later.
[0017]
Returning to FIG. 1, during the printing operation, the carriage 9 is reciprocated in the main scanning direction. The carriage 9 is provided so as to pass through a carriage guide shaft 5 extending between the side frames 3 and 4 in the main scanning direction, and reciprocates in the main scanning direction while being guided by the carriage guide shaft 5. A carriage motor 7 is mounted on the side of the side frame 3 on the back side of the center frame 2, and a drive pulley (not shown) mounted on a rotation shaft (not shown) of the carriage motor 7, A drive belt 6 is wound around a driven pulley (not shown) provided on the side 4. The carriage 9 is fixed to a part of the drive belt 6, whereby the rotation operation of the carriage motor 7 is converted into a reciprocating operation of the carriage 9 in the main scanning direction.
[0018]
The above is the outline of the printer 100. Hereinafter, the configuration of the carriage 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 12 and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the carriage 1, FIGS. 4 and 5 are external perspective views of the carriage 1, FIG. 6 is an external perspective view of the bottom of the carriage 1, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the inside of the carriage 1. 8 is an external perspective view of the ink cartridge 17. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an angle relationship between the recording head 9 (dot forming element array 10) and the printing surface of the printing paper S. FIG. 10 is a plan view of the carriage 1, and FIG. FIG. 12 is a partial enlarged view of FIG. 11, showing a main part side view of the carriage 1 showing the adjusting means.
[0019]
First, the carriage 1 is generally composed of two units, a moving unit 20 and a recording unit 30, as shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the moving unit 20 and the recording unit 30 are each formed by resin molding.
[0020]
Next, the configuration of the moving unit 20 will be described. The moving unit 20 has a bearing 21 that passes through the carriage guide shaft 5 (see FIG. 2) as shown in FIGS. The bearing portion 21 is provided with a sliding bearing (not shown) integrally with the moving portion unit 20 by insert molding at the time of resin molding of the moving portion unit 20, and is provided with a carriage guide shaft 5 by a carriage guide shaft 5 using a lubricant such as grease. It is designed to be guided smoothly. In addition, the moving unit 20 has a belt fixing unit (not shown) for fixing a part of the drive belt 6 on the back side, and the power of the drive belt 6 is transmitted to the moving unit 20. It is like. Therefore, the moving unit 20 functions as a moving unit that moves the carriage 1 in the main scanning direction.
[0021]
Next, the configuration of the recording unit 30 will be described. As described with reference to FIG. 2, a storage section 31 for storing the ink cartridge 17 is formed inside the recording section unit 30, and the storage section 31 includes a plurality of inks as shown in FIG. It is partitioned so that the cartridges 17a to 17g can be stored in parallel in the main scanning direction. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, the ink cartridge 17 includes a plurality of independent ink cartridges 17a to 17g for each color (for example, dark yellow, black, dark cyan, light cyan, dark magenta, light magenta, and yellow). And each of the ink cartridges 17a to 17g is independently replaceable. Each of the ink cartridges 17a to 17g is stored in a predetermined position in the storage portion 31, and is snap-fitted into the storage portion 31 by the action of the snap-fit portion 18 provided in each of the ink cartridges 17a to 17g. It can be fixed by pushing it into the formula. In the following, for the sake of simplicity, each of the ink cartridges 17a to 17g will be abbreviated as "cartridge 17" as necessary.
[0022]
An ink supply unit 19 for supplying ink to the recording head 9 is formed on the lower surface of the cartridge 17, and the cartridges 17 of the respective colors are provided at the lower side (the left side in FIG. 8) when the cartridge 17 is mounted. A storage engaging portion 14 having a different shape is formed for each. The storage engaging portion 14 is for defining the storage position of each color cartridge 17 in the storage portion 31, which will be described later.
[0023]
The IC chip 11 is mounted on each of the ink cartridges 17a to 17g on the surface which is located on the rear side (the right side in FIG. 8) when the cartridge 17 is mounted. The IC chip 11 has a built-in storage device for storing information on each of the ink cartridges 17a to 17g, that is, fixed information such as the color of each ink, as well as fluctuation information such as the remaining amount of ink. The remaining ink amount can be obtained, for example, by counting print dot signals, integrating and storing the count, and calculating from the integrated value.
[0024]
Next, returning to FIG. 7, the recording head 9 is provided at the bottom of the storage section 31. In the recording head 9, an ink receiving section 33 is formed at a position corresponding to the ink supply section 19 in each of the ink cartridges 17a to 17g, and an ink supply needle connected to the recording head 9 is provided in the ink receiving section 33. 34 are provided. The ink supply needle 34 can guide ink to the dot forming element row 10 of the recording head 9 by piercing the ink supply section 19 of the cartridge 17.
[0025]
In addition, an electrical contact 39 that is in electrical contact with the IC chip 11 is provided on a surface on the far side (lower right in FIG. 7) of the storage section 31, as shown in FIGS. The electric contact 39 is provided at a position corresponding to each of the ink cartridges 17 a to 17 g, so that the control unit (not shown) of the printer 100 is connected to the IC chip 11 attached to each cartridge 17. Electric signals can be transmitted and received between them.
[0026]
Subsequently, returning to FIG. 7, a plurality of receiving recesses 35 for each cartridge 17 are formed at a position corresponding to the storage engaging portion 14 (see FIG. 8) at the bottom of the storage portion 31. Has a protruding rib 36 formed thereon. The protruding rib 36 has a different shape (width, height, thickness, etc.) for each cartridge 17, which is different from the storage engaging portion 14 for each cartridge 17, so to speak, a lock and a key. Are fitted in a one-to-one relationship as shown in FIG. Accordingly, for example, even if an attempt is made to set the ink cartridge 17c in FIG. 7 to a place other than the storage position shown in FIG. 7, the ink cartridge 17c does not fit in the receiving recess 35 formed for the ink cartridge 17c. Therefore, with such a storage structure, it is possible to reliably prevent the cartridge 17 from being erroneously set to a place other than the predetermined position.
[0027]
Next, the common configuration of the moving unit 20 and the recording unit 30, more specifically, the configuration of the “adjustment unit” that changes the attitude of the recording unit 20 with respect to the moving unit 20 will be described. First, the positional relationship between the printing paper S and the carriage 1 (the recording head 9 and the dot forming element array 10) will be described with reference to FIG. The parallelism between the printing surface of the printing paper S and the carriage 1 (the recording head 9 and the dot forming element array 10) has three angles shown in FIG. That is, the angle (sign γ) between the angle between the reciprocating direction of the carriage 1 (main scanning direction: Y axis) (the angle indicated by the symbol β) and the conveyance direction of the printing paper S (sub-scanning direction: X axis). ), The dot forming element row 10 (see FIG. 6) to be provided in parallel with the transport direction, and the angle (the angle indicated by the symbol α) between the transport direction (X axis). The symbol PG indicates the distance between the recording head and the printing surface.
[0028]
The printer 100 according to the present invention is configured such that the PG can be switched in a stepwise manner by a switching lever (not shown), and the adjusting means included in the carriage 1 adjusts the angle indicated by the symbol α in FIG. 9 described above. The X and Y coordinate axes in FIGS. 5, 6, and 10 indicate the X and Y coordinate axes shown in FIG.
[0029]
Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 3, engaged portions 23 and 24 are formed vertically on one side surface of the moving unit unit 20 in the main scanning direction. On the other hand, engaging portions 37 and 38 are formed on the recording unit 30 side as shown in FIG. 5, and the engaging portions 37 are attached to the engaged portions 23 of the moving unit 20 by the engaging portions 38. Are engaged with the engaged portions 24 of the moving unit unit 20 so that the recording unit 30 moves around the rotation center A perpendicular to the printing surface of the printing paper S. It is configured to be rotatable with respect to the unit unit 20 (see FIGS. 5 and 10). That is, the rotation center A is substantially parallel to the Z axis shown in FIG. 9. Therefore, when the moving unit 20 rotates about the rotation center A, the α angle shown in FIG. It will change as shown in FIG.
[0030]
Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the side opposite to the side on which the engagement portions 37 and 38 are formed in the recording unit 30 (one side in the main scanning direction) is positioned around the rotation center A. A recording unit rotating means 40 for rotating the recording unit 30 is provided.
[0031]
More specifically, the recording unit rotation means 40 has a rotation lever 41 provided rotatably along the side surface of the recording unit 30. The rotation lever 41 is provided so as to be rotatable along the side surface of the recording unit 30 around the rotation shaft 41a as shown in FIG. The fitting protrusion 41b provided on the upper part of the rotating lever 41 fits into the fitting recess 42 formed by notching. Accordingly, the rotation lever 41 can be rotated stepwise at each angle at which the fitting recess 42 is formed, and the angle can be maintained by fitting the fitting projection 41b and the fitting recess 42. It is like.
[0032]
An arcuate rotating cam 43 having a center at a position deviated from the rotating shaft 41a is formed near the rotating shaft 41a. The rotation cam 43 is provided integrally with the rotation lever 41. When the rotation lever 41 rotates, the rotation cam 43 rotates around the rotation shaft 41a as shown in a change from FIG. Move.
[0033]
Here, the rotation center (rotation shaft 41a) of the rotation cam 43 is located at a position deviated from the center of the arc shape of the rotation cam 43 (designated by reference numeral 43a), and therefore, the rotation cam 43 is pressed against the cam surface 27. When the rotation lever 41 rotates in this state, the rotation shaft 41a of the rotation lever 41 separates and approaches the cam surface 27 as shown in a change from FIG. Become. Then, one side surface of the recording unit 30 (the side on which the rotating lever 41 is provided) is separated from and approaches the moving unit 20. This allows the recording unit 30 to rotate about the rotation center A shown in FIGS. 5 and 10, thereby adjusting the angle α.
[0034]
Note that in FIG. ₁ Indicates the position of the rotating shaft 41a in the state of FIG. ₂ 12B shows the position of the rotating shaft 41a in the state of FIG. 12B. As shown, when the rotating lever 41 is rotated by the maximum angle, one side surface of the recording unit 30 is moved to the moving unit unit. 20 and a distance d from each other. Further, the attitude of the recording unit 30 with respect to the moving unit 20, that is, the angle α is adjusted in this manner, but after being adjusted to a predetermined angle, the recording unit 30 is fixed by the fixing screw 29 shown in FIG. It is fixed to the moving unit 20.
[0035]
Next, the operation and effect of the carriage 1 configured as described above will be described. First, the carriage 1 includes a moving unit 20 that allows the carriage guide shaft 5 to pass therethrough, and a recording unit 30 that is detachably provided to the moving unit 20 and prints on the printing paper S. With this configuration, the structure is simpler than in the case where the entire carriage 1 is integrally formed, so that a molding die for resin molding can be simplified. Therefore, the molding die can be manufactured easily and in a short time. Further, when the design of the carriage 1 is changed, it is only necessary to change the design of the recording unit 30 while leaving the moving unit 20 alone, and the cost of the molding die is reduced when the design of the carriage 1 is changed. And a molding die can be manufactured easily and in a short period of time.
[0036]
In addition, since the carriage 1 includes an adjusting unit that changes the attitude (the angle α shown in FIG. 9) of the recording unit 30 with respect to the moving unit 20, an appropriate print result can be obtained.
[0037]
In addition, since the angle α between the transport direction and the dot forming element array 10 is adjusted as a whole of the recording unit 30, even if the angle α is adjusted, the IC described with reference to FIGS. There is no problem that the contact pressure between the chip 11 and the electric contact 39 changes. More specifically, referring to FIG. 10, the conventional carriage adjusts the angle α by adjusting the mounting angle of the recording head 9 with respect to the carriage main body. There has been a problem that even the cartridge 17 slightly moves in the storage section 31, thereby changing the contact pressure between the IC chip 11 and the electric contact 39. In particular, the amount of movement of the cartridge 17 on both sides of the plurality of cartridges 17 becomes large with respect to the carriage 1, so that the change in the contact pressure (variation for each cartridge) becomes significant. Therefore, when the number of the cartridges 17 increases, such a problem also becomes remarkable.
[0038]
However, as described above, in the carriage 1 according to the present invention, since the angle α is adjusted in the entire recording unit 30, the relative position between the electric contact 39 and the IC chip 11 is not changed. Problems such as a change in contact pressure can be solved.
[0039]
In the present embodiment, the adjusting means for adjusting the attitude of the recording unit 30 with respect to the moving unit 20 is configured to adjust the angle α shown in FIG. 9, but other angles (angles β and γ) ) Or the PG can be adjusted.
[0040]
Further, in the present embodiment, the carriage 1 is constituted by the two units of the moving unit unit 20 and the recording unit 30. However, if the carriage 1 is constituted by at least two or more units, the operation and effect of the present invention can be obtained. Needless to say, the configuration 1 is not limited to this embodiment.
[0041]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the carriage includes the moving unit that allows the carriage guide shaft to pass therethrough, and the recording head that is detachably provided to the moving unit and that performs recording on the recording material. Since the recording unit is composed of two units, the structure is simpler than when the entire carriage is integrally formed, so that the molding die can be simplified. Therefore, a molding die can be manufactured easily and in a short period of time. In addition, when the design of the carriage is changed, the design of only the recording unit may be changed without changing the moving unit, and the cost of the molding die can be reduced when the design of the carriage is changed. In addition to this, a molding die can be manufactured easily and in a short period of time.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an apparatus main body of an ink jet printer according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a carriage portion in FIG.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a carriage according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an external perspective view of a carriage according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an external perspective view of a carriage according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an external perspective view of the bottom of a carriage (recording unit) according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the inside of the carriage according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 is an external perspective view of the ink cartridge.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an angle relationship between a carriage (recording head) and a printing surface of a printing sheet.
FIG. 10 is a plan view showing the inside of the carriage according to the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a side view of a main part showing a carriage adjusting means according to the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 10;
[Explanation of symbols]
1 carriage
2 Center frame
3, 4 side frame
5 Carriage guide shaft
6 drive belt
7 Carriage motor
8 Transport drive roller
9 Inkjet recording head
10 dot forming element row
11 IC chip
14 Engagement part for storage
17 Ink cartridge
20 Moving unit
21 Bearing
23, 24 engaged part
27 Cam surface
30 Recording unit
31 storage section
33 Ink receiving unit
34 Ink supply needle
35 receiving recess
36 protruding rib
37, 38 engagement part
39 electrical contacts
40 Recording unit rotation means
41 Rotating lever
42 Fitting recess
43 Rotating cam
100 inkjet printer

Claims (6)

A carriage provided so as to reciprocate in the main scanning direction while being guided by a carriage guide shaft extending in the main scanning direction in the recording apparatus,
A moving unit that allows the carriage guide shaft to pass through;
And a recording unit which is attached to the moving unit and has a recording head for performing recording on a recording material. 2. The carriage according to claim 1, further comprising an adjusting unit that changes an attitude of the recording unit with respect to the moving unit. 3. The carriage according to claim 2, wherein the adjustment unit is configured to adjust an angle between a row of dot forming elements provided on the recording head and a conveying direction of the recording material. 4. The recording unit according to claim 3, wherein the adjusting unit is provided on a side surface of the recording unit in a main scanning direction, extends in a direction perpendicular to a recording surface of the recording material, and moves the recording unit to the moving unit. A rotating shaft for rotating
The recording unit is moved by adjusting the distance between the recording unit and the moving unit on the side in the main scanning direction opposite to the side on which the rotating shaft is provided. A recording unit rotating means for rotating the unit relative to the unit. 5. The lever according to claim 4, wherein the recording unit rotating means is provided rotatably along a side wall of the recording unit.
An eccentric cam that engages with a cam surface provided on the moving unit as the lever member rotates. A recording apparatus for performing recording on a recording material, comprising a carriage according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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