JP2013166302A - Inkjet recording apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To extend an ink tube for guiding a recording head and ink from an ink tank from a position as low as possible of a head unit.SOLUTION: An inkjet printer 1 includes a head unit 15 that includes: a recording head 16; a relay adaptor 19; and a relay adaptor storage part 17 for storing the relay adaptor. An ink tube 21 is extended from the relay adaptor 15. The ink tube 21 is fixed to a housing 30 with fixing parts 25, 26, and heads to ink tanks 32A-32D provided outside. A cutout part 17b is formed at an upper part of a front sidewall 17 of the relay adaptor storage part 17. Extended parts T1-T4 of the ink tube 21 is arranged in the cutout part 17b.

Description

  The present invention relates to an inkjet recording apparatus typified by a facsimile or a printer, and in particular, a head unit that includes a recording head and is movable in a predetermined movement direction, an ink storage unit independent of the head unit, a head unit, and an ink storage The present invention relates to an ink jet recording apparatus that includes an ink tube that forms an ink flow path between the first and second portions.

  A recording apparatus typified by a facsimile or a printer, in particular an inkjet recording apparatus, includes a recording head for ejecting ink and a head unit (sometimes referred to as a carriage) that can move in a predetermined movement direction. There is a so-called serial type ink jet recording apparatus.

  Here, the head unit includes an ink storage unit (hereinafter referred to as an “ink cartridge” as appropriate) that stores ink, and a head unit that does not include an ink cartridge.

  In the case where an ink cartridge is mounted on the head unit, the head unit reciprocates in a predetermined direction with the ink cartridge mounted, and ink is supplied from the ink cartridge to the recording head inside the head unit. In the case where the ink cartridge is not mounted, the ink cartridge is provided independently from the head unit, and the ink cartridge and the head unit (recording head) are communicated with each other by an ink tube for supplying ink (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-131893 A

The ink tube has a certain length, is routed so as not to interfere with other components inside the apparatus, and is fixed at an appropriate place.
However, if the position where the ink tube extends in the head unit is at a high position, and the ink tube extended from the head unit is located at a position lower than the extending position, the ink head may be moved according to the principle of water head difference. A large amount of energy is required to lift the to the extended position. Therefore, it is preferable that the position where the ink tube extends in the head unit is provided as low as possible. However, the conventional inkjet printer does not necessarily consider the above-described problem.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object thereof is to extend the ink tube from a position as low as possible of the head unit.

  In order to solve the above problems, an ink jet recording apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a recording head that ejects ink, an ink storage unit that stores ink, and a relay unit that relays the recording head. A casing that is movable in the scanning direction of the recording head; and a flexible ink tube that guides ink sent from the ink storage unit to the recording head, and constitutes a periphery of the casing. The wall is formed with a notch at the top, and the ink tube extends to the outside of the housing through the notch.

  According to this aspect, the wall constituting the periphery of the housing including the recording head has the notch formed in the upper portion, and the ink tube extends to the outside of the housing through the notch. Therefore, the ink tube can be extended from the relay section at a lower position, and a more preferable configuration can be constructed from the viewpoint of supplying ink to the recording head.

  An ink jet recording apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a recording head that discharges ink, an ink storage unit that stores ink, and a relay unit that relays the recording head, and moves in the scanning direction of the recording head. And a flexible ink tube that guides ink sent from the ink container to the recording head, and a wall that forms the periphery of the casing has a recess at the top. The ink tube is formed to extend outside the casing through the recess.

  According to this aspect, the wall constituting the periphery of the casing including the recording head has the recess formed in the upper portion, and the ink tube extends to the outside of the casing through the recess. The ink tube can be extended from the relay portion at a lower position, and a more preferable configuration can be constructed from the viewpoint of supplying ink to the recording head.

  An ink jet recording apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention includes a recording head that discharges ink, an ink storage unit that stores ink, and a relay unit that relays the recording head, and moves in the scanning direction of the recording head. And a flexible ink tube that guides the ink sent from the ink container to the recording head, and the wall that forms the periphery of the casing has a step at the top. The ink tube is formed to extend outside the casing through the step.

  According to this aspect, the wall constituting the periphery of the housing including the recording head has a step formed at the top, and the ink tube extends outside the housing through the step. The ink tube can be extended from the relay portion at a lower position, and a more preferable configuration can be constructed from the viewpoint of supplying ink to the recording head.

  An ink jet recording apparatus according to a fourth aspect of the present invention includes a recording head that ejects ink, an ink storage unit that stores ink, and a relay unit that relays the recording head, and moves in the scanning direction of the recording head. And a flexible ink tube that guides ink sent from the ink container to the recording head, and a wall that forms the periphery of the casing has a notch at the top. The ink tube extends from the bottom of the notch to the outside of the housing.

  According to this aspect, the wall constituting the periphery of the casing including the recording head has the notch formed in the upper portion, and the ink tube extends from the top of the notch to the outside of the casing. Since the ink tube is discharged, the ink tube can be extended from the relay portion at a lower position, and a more preferable configuration can be constructed from the viewpoint of supplying ink to the recording head.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, when the side provided with the discharge port for discharging the recording medium on which recording is performed is the front side of the apparatus, the wall is the housing The ink tube extends from the relay portion toward the front side of the apparatus and then extends toward the moving direction of the head unit. It is characterized by that.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the casing includes a guide portion that guides the ink tube in a direction in which the ink tube extends from the casing.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the extending direction of the ink tube from the housing is defined by a defining unit that defines the extending direction of the ink tube from the housing. It is characterized by that.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the ink tube includes a plurality of the ink tubes, and the plurality of ink tubes are arranged in a vertical direction and extend from the housing. To do.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the ink tube includes a plurality of ink tubes, and the plurality of ink tubes are arranged in a horizontal direction and extend from the housing. To do.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the housing includes a housing having an opening that exposes at least a part of the upper part of the moving region in the moving region of the housing, and includes a plurality of the ink tubes. The plurality of ink tubes are arranged in a lateral direction on the upper surface of the housing and fixed to the upper surface of the housing.

  According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the arrangement includes a plurality of the ink tubes, and the arrangement direction of the plurality of ink tubes is changed by the arrangement conversion unit that converts the arrangement direction of the plurality of ink tubes. It is characterized in that it is converted from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction or from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction.

  A twelfth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the first aspect, a plurality of the ink tubes are provided, and the plurality of ink tubes are bound by a binding means.

  According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the casing is provided with a cover capable of opening and closing an upper portion of the casing.

A fourteenth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the first aspect, a grip portion is provided in the relay portion.

  According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the fourteenth aspect, the notch is positioned below the gripping part.

  According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, a plurality of the relay portions are provided, and a height position of the extension portion where the ink tube extends from the relay portion is between the plurality of the relay portions. It is characterized by being different.

  The seventeenth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the sixteenth aspect, the plurality of extending portions are sequentially positioned obliquely downward in a predetermined direction.

  According to an eighteenth aspect of the present invention, in the seventeenth aspect, the bottom of the notch extends obliquely downward according to a change in the height position of the plurality of extending portions.

  According to a nineteenth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to eighteenth aspects, the ink containing portion is provided outside the housing.

1 is an external perspective view of an inkjet printer according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a head unit of the ink jet printer according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The expansion perspective view of the head unit of the ink jet printer concerning a 2nd embodiment of the present invention. The expansion perspective view of the head unit of the ink jet printer concerning a 3rd embodiment of the present invention. The expansion perspective view of the head unit of the ink jet printer concerning a 4th embodiment of the present invention. (A), (B), (C) is a figure which shows the variation of the fixing method of the ink tube at the time of seeing the guide member from the side. (A), (B), (C) is a figure which shows the variation of the fixing method of the ink tube at the time of seeing the guide member from the side.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the invention is not limited to the embodiment described below, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention described in the claims. Assuming that these are also included in the scope of the present invention, one embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a first embodiment of an ink jet printer as an example of an ink jet recording apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a head unit 15A. 3 is an external perspective view of the head unit 15B in the ink jet printer according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an external perspective view of the head unit 15C in the ink jet printer according to the third embodiment of the present invention. 5 is an external perspective view of a head unit 15D in an ink jet printer according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
Further, FIGS. 6A, 6B, and 7C, and FIGS. 7A, 7B, and 7C are views showing variations of the fixing method of the ink tube 21 when the guide member is viewed from the side. . In all the drawings, the upward direction in the drawing is the upward direction.

The overall configuration of the ink jet printer will be outlined below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.
In FIG. 1, an inkjet printer 1 is a recording apparatus that performs inkjet recording on a recording sheet as an example of a medium, and an external appearance of the apparatus body 2 is configured by a housing (housing) 30.

  An opening (opening region) 30 a is formed in the upper portion of the housing 30. The opening 30a is an opening that exposes at least a part of the upper part of the moving region in the moving region of the head unit 15A described later. When the head unit 15A is located at the right end (FIG. 1) or the left end of the moving area, a part of the upper part is hidden under the housing 30, but by moving from the right end or the left end of the moving area to the center side, The whole upper part is exposed.

  The opening 30a is provided with a cover 3 that can be opened and closed. By opening the cover 3, a jam handling operation (paper removing operation) when a paper jam occurs can be performed through the opening 30a. It has become. Although the cover 3 is provided in the present embodiment, the opening 30a may be left open without providing the cover 3.

  A feeding unit (not shown in detail) for feeding paper is provided on the rear side of the apparatus, and reference numeral 12 denotes a paper feeding port which is an insertion port for inserting paper. Inside the paper feed port 12, a feed roller (not shown) for feeding the set paper is provided. Reference numeral 13 denotes an edge guide that is provided so as to be displaceable in the paper width direction and guides the paper side edge.

On the front side of the apparatus, there is a paper discharge port 5 through which the recorded paper is discharged. A paper discharge receiving tray 6 for receiving the discharged paper is provided below the paper discharge port 5. Yes. The paper discharge receiving tray 6 is constructed as a drawer type, and FIG. 1 shows a stored state.
Reference numeral 9 on the upper surface of the apparatus denotes an operation panel including a power button, an operation button for performing various print settings / recording, a display unit for displaying print setting contents and a print image preview, and the like.

  In the apparatus, reference numeral 15A denotes a head unit (sometimes called a carriage), and a recording head 16 for ejecting ink is provided at the bottom of the head unit 15A. Ink is ejected from the recording head 16 in the process in which the head unit 15A moves in the paper width direction, thereby recording on the paper.

  Next, an ink supply system that supplies ink to the recording head 16 will be described. The head unit 15 </ b> A according to the present embodiment is not mounted with an ink cartridge, and an ink tube as a flow path forming member that forms an ink flow path from the ink tank 32 (32 </ b> A to 32 </ b> D) attached to the side surface of the housing 30. Ink is supplied to the recording head 16 via 21 (21A to 21D).

  More specifically, the ink tanks 32A to 32D are ink storage portions that store different colors of ink. For example, the ink tank 32A stores black (BK) ink, the ink tank 32B stores yellow (Y) ink, The ink tank 32C contains magenta (M) ink, and the ink tank 32D contains cyan (C) ink.

  The ink tubes 21 </ b> A to 21 </ b> D are flexible tubes and form an ink flow path from the ink tanks 32 </ b> A to 32 </ b> D to the recording head 16. In the head unit 15A, the relay adapter accommodating portion 17 constitutes a housing, and the main body is constituted by the relay adapter accommodating portion (housing) 17. The relay adapter accommodating portion 17 corresponds to each ink color. The relay adapters 19A to 19D as the “relay unit” are accommodated.

  The relay adapters 19A to 19D are adapters that relay the recording head 16 and the ink tanks 32A to 32D, and the ink tubes 32A to 32D are connected to the relay adapters 19A to 19D, respectively. In other words, the ink tubes 32A to 32D extend from the relay adapters 19A to 19D to the outside of the head unit 15A. In addition, a gripping portion (grip portion) 18 having a concavo-convex shape is formed on the upper front side of the relay adapters 19A to 19D (above a notch portion 17b described later), and the relay adapters 19A to 19D are attached and detached. The ease of gripping during work is ensured. However, the relay adapters 19A to 19D may be configured to be detachable from the head unit 15A, or may be fixedly provided.

  In the following description, the ink tanks 32A to 32D are referred to as “ink tanks 32” when it is not necessary to distinguish between them, and similarly, the ink tubes 21A to 21D are referred to as “ink tubes 21” when it is not necessary to distinguish them. The relay adapters 19 </ b> A to 19 </ b> D are referred to as “relay adapters 19” when it is not necessary to distinguish them.

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Hereinafter, the extension form of the ink tube 21 from the head unit 15A will be described. As a common feature in each embodiment, the ink tube 21 extends to the outside of the head unit 15 </ b> A through a notch 17 b formed in the upper portion of the wall 17 a that forms the periphery of the relay adapter housing portion 17.

  More specifically, among the walls constituting the periphery of the relay adapter accommodating portion 17 in FIG. 2, in this embodiment, the front side wall 17a, that is, the side where the paper discharge port 5 is formed is relayed when the front side of the apparatus is used. A notch 17 b is formed in the upper part of the wall 17 a on the front side of the adapter accommodating portion 17.

  The cutout portion 17b is cut out so as to expose more front surfaces of the plurality of relay adapters 19A to 19D accommodated to the lower side. The ink tube 21 extends to the outside of the head unit 15A (outside of the relay adapter housing portion 17) through the cutout portion 17b (through the bottom of the cutout portion 17b). Reference numerals T1 to T2 indicate extension positions (extension portions) at which the ink tubes 21 extend in the relay adapters 19A to 19D, respectively. In addition, since the notch part 17b is formed in the concave shape, it can also be called a recessed part, or can also be called a level | step difference.

  More specifically, the ink tube 21 extends from the relay adapter 19 toward the front side of the apparatus, and then extends in the scanning direction of the recording head 16 (the moving direction of the head unit 15A).

  With the above configuration, the following operational effects can be obtained. That is, in the head unit 15A, the extension positions T1 to T4 where the ink tube 21 extends are high, and the ink tube 21 extended from the head unit 15A is positioned lower than the extension positions T1 to T4. A large amount of energy is required to lift the ink to the extended positions T1 to T4 according to the principle of water head difference. Therefore, it is preferable that the extension positions T1 to T4 are provided in a portion as low as possible.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the notch 17b is formed in the upper portion of the wall 17a of the relay adapter accommodating portion 17, and the extending positions T1 to T4 are arranged using the notch 17b. The extension positions T1 to T4 can be arranged at low positions, and a more preferable head unit 15A can be configured from the viewpoint of ink supply.

  Note that the extending positions T1 to T4 use the notch 17b is not only the form in which the ink tube 21 extends from the inside of the notch 17b, but also a part of the notch 17b. It is meant to include some forms. For example, if at least a part of the outer diameter of the ink tube 21 enters the notch 17b, the ink tube 21 extends using the notch 17b. Alternatively, if at least one of the plurality of ink tubes 21A to 21D extends using the cutout portion 17b, the ink tube 21 extends using the cutout portion 17b.

  In the present embodiment, the ink tubes 21 extending from the head unit 15A are bound in a state of being arranged in the vertical direction by the binding member 27 in the vicinity of the head unit 15A. The ink tube 21 is fixed by the fixing portion 25 in a state in which the ink tube 21 is arranged in the vertical direction with respect to the upper wall 30 b of the front surface of the housing 30.

  The ink tube 21 is fixed to the upper left surface of the housing 30 in a state of being arranged in the lateral direction by the fixing portion 26 on the upper left surface of the housing 30, and heads toward the ink tank 32. Therefore, the fixing unit 26 constitutes an arrangement conversion unit that converts the arrangement direction of the ink tubes 21 from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction. Alternatively, the fixing unit 25 constitutes an arrangement conversion unit that converts the arrangement direction of the ink tubes from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the ink tube 21 is moved in accordance with the moving operation of the head unit 15A in the drawing section C1 of the ink tube 21 between the fixed portion 25 and the head unit 15A (more specifically, the relay adapter 19). It is designed to deform. In the drawing section C2 of the ink tube 21 between the ink tank 32 and the fixed portion 25, deformation due to the moving operation of the head unit 15A hardly occurs.

  In this embodiment, the ink tube 21 protrudes out of the housing 30 from the left side of the opening 31a (left side when viewed from the front side of the apparatus), but may protrude out of the housing 30 from the right side of the opening 31a. . In this case, the ink tank 32 may be attached to the right side of the apparatus.

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Next, the head unit 15B according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The head unit 15 </ b> B according to this embodiment is different from the first embodiment described above in that a guide member 20 is provided on the side surface of the relay adapter housing portion 17, and the ink tube 21 is fixed to the guide member 20. . The structure of the printer other than the head unit 15B is the same as that of the above-described first embodiment (the same applies to other embodiments described below).

  The guide member 20 is attached to the side surface of the relay adapter housing portion 17 so as to protrude slightly forward from the front wall 17 a of the relay adapter housing portion 17, and the ink tube 21 is attached to the tip of the guide member 20. , Fixed in a state of being arranged in the vertical direction. Reference numeral 34 denotes an adhesive tape which is an example of a fixing means for fixing the ink tube 21 to the guide member 20, and the ink tube 21 is fixed to the tip of the guide member 20 by the adhesive tape 34.

  As described above, the guide member 20 functions as a guide portion that guides the ink tube 21 in the tube extending direction (in this embodiment, the moving direction of the head unit 15B). Alternatively, the guide member 20 functions as a defining unit that defines the extending direction of the ink tube 21 from the head unit 15B.

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Next, a head unit 15C according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The head unit 15C according to this embodiment is different from the first and second embodiments described above in that a cover 22 that can open and close the relay adapter housing portion 17 is provided above the relay adapter housing portion 17. It is. The cover 22 is provided so as to be rotatable about a shaft 22a (in FIG. 4, one of the shafts 22a provided on both sides of the relay adapter accommodating portion 17 is shown), and the cover 22 rotates. As a result, the upper portion of the relay adapter accommodating portion 17 is opened and closed. Thereby, intrusion of dust or the like into the relay adapter housing portion 17 is suppressed.

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Next, a head unit 15D according to the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The head unit 15D according to the present embodiment differs from the first to third embodiments described above in that first, the extension position (extension portion) where the ink tube 21 extends in each of the relay adapters 19A ′ to 19D ′. ) T1 ′ to T4 ′ are sequentially located obliquely downward toward the right in the figure.

  The difference between the head unit 15D according to the present embodiment and the first to third embodiments described above is that the second base of the notch 17b ′ formed on the wall 17a ′ on the front side of the relay adapter accommodating portion 17 ′. However, it becomes the inclined surface which falls diagonally downward according to the change of the height position of extension position T1'-T4 '. With the above configuration, when the ink tubes 21 are extended in a state of being arranged in the vertical direction, the plurality of ink tubes 21 do not overlap and can be extended naturally.

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Each embodiment described above is an example, and the present invention is not limited to each embodiment. For example, the constituent elements in the embodiments described above can take the following variations. However, the following variations are merely examples, and it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the variations described below.

(1) As the bundling member 27 (FIG. 2) for bundling a plurality of ink tubes 21, various types such as a string, a rubber band, and a clip can be adopted. The ink tube 21 can be bundled at an appropriate place in addition to the position shown in FIG.

(2) As a fixing means when fixing the ink tube 21 to the guide member 20, in addition to the adhesive tape 34 shown in FIG. 3, other adhesive fixing with a double-sided tape or an adhesive, fixing with a string, a rubber band, or the like Various fixing methods such as fixing using clips and other members can be used.

  FIGS. 6A to 6C show an example. FIG. 6A shows an example in which the ink tube 21 is fixed to the guide member 20 with the adhesive tape 34 as described above. FIG. 6B shows the ink tube 21 with the adhesive (or double-sided tape) 35. It is an example fixed to. In addition, the guide member 20 ′ shown in FIG. 6C has a recess 20a. The ink tube 21 is accommodated in the recess 20a, and the ink tube 21 is held by the lid member 36. Yes.

  FIGS. 7A to 7C are examples in which the ink tubes 21 are horizontally arranged on the guide member, and FIG. 7A is an example in which the ink tubes 21 are fixed to the guide member 200 by the adhesive tape 34 in a horizontally arranged state. FIG. 7B shows an example in which the ink tube 21 is fixed to the guide member 200 in a horizontal arrangement state by an adhesive (or double-sided tape) 35. In addition, a guide member 200 ′ shown in FIG. 7C has a recess 200a formed at the tip at the top, and the ink tubes 21 are accommodated in the recess 200a in a side-by-side arrangement. 21 is held.

(3) In each of the above embodiments, the ink tanks 32A to 32D containing the ink to be ejected are arranged on the side surface of the ink jet printer main body, but may be arranged apart from the side surface of the ink jet printer main body. Further, the arrangement positions of the ink tanks 32A to 32D can be set not only on the side of the ink jet printer main body but also on an appropriate place such as the front and rear.

(4) In the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the wall 17a in which the notch portion 17b is formed is the front wall of the relay adapter housing portion 17, but the rear wall and the left and right walls A wall may be used.

(5) In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the ink tube 21 may be directly fixed to the wall (for example, the front wall 17 a) of the relay adapter housing portion 17 without using the guide member 20. At this time, as the fixing means, an adhesive tape, an adhesive, and other various types can be used. In this case, the fixing means functions as a defining means for defining the extending direction of the ink tube 21 from the head unit 15B.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Inkjet printer, 2 apparatus main body, 3 cover, 5 paper discharge outlet, 6 paper discharge receiving tray, 9 operation part, 12 paper feed opening, 13 edge guide, 15A-15D head unit, 16 recording head, 17 relay adapter accommodating part , 17a Wall (front side), 17b Recessed part, 19A-19D Relay adapter, 20, 200 Guide member, 20a, 200a Recessed part, 21 (21A-21D) Ink tube, 25 fixing part, 26 fixing part, 27 binding part, 30 Housing, 30a Opening, 30b Wall, 32A to 32D Ink tank, 34 Adhesive tape, 35 Adhesive (or double-sided tape), 36 Lid member

Claims (19)

A recording head that ejects ink, an ink storage section that stores ink, and a relay section that relays the recording head, and a casing that is movable in the scanning direction of the recording head;
A flexible ink tube that guides the ink sent from the ink container to the recording head;
The wall that forms the periphery of the housing has a notch formed at the top,
The ink tube extends to the outside of the housing through the notch,
An ink jet recording apparatus. A recording head that ejects ink, an ink storage section that stores ink, and a relay section that relays the recording head, and a casing that is movable in the scanning direction of the recording head;
A flexible ink tube that guides the ink sent from the ink container to the recording head;
The wall that forms the periphery of the housing has a recess formed at the top,
The ink tube extends to the outside of the housing through the recess,
An ink jet recording apparatus. A recording head that ejects ink, an ink storage section that stores ink, and a relay section that relays the recording head, and a casing that is movable in the scanning direction of the recording head;
A flexible ink tube that guides the ink sent from the ink container to the recording head;
The wall that forms the periphery of the housing has a step formed at the top,
The ink tube extends to the outside of the housing through the step;
An ink jet recording apparatus. A recording head that ejects ink, an ink storage section that stores ink, and a relay section that relays the recording head, and a casing that is movable in the scanning direction of the recording head;
A flexible ink tube that guides the ink sent from the ink container to the recording head;
The wall that forms the periphery of the housing has a notch formed at the top,
The ink tube extends from above the bottom of the notch to the outside of the housing.
An ink jet recording apparatus. 2. The ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the wall constitutes a periphery of the casing when a side provided with a discharge port through which a recording medium on which recording has been performed is provided is a front side of the apparatus. The wall on the front side of the wall
The ink tube extends from the relay unit toward the front side of the apparatus, and then extends toward the moving direction of the head unit.
An ink jet recording apparatus. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the housing includes a guide unit that guides the ink tube in a direction in which the ink tube extends from the housing.
An ink jet recording apparatus. The ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the ink tube has a direction in which the ink tube extends from the housing defined by a defining unit that defines a direction in which the ink tube extends from the housing.
An ink jet recording apparatus. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of the ink tubes,
The plurality of ink tubes are arranged in the vertical direction and extend from the housing.
An ink jet recording apparatus. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of the ink tubes,
The plurality of ink tubes are arranged in a horizontal direction and extend from the housing.
An ink jet recording apparatus. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a housing including an opening that exposes at least a part of the upper part of the moving region in the moving region of the housing.
A plurality of the ink tubes;
The plurality of ink tubes are arranged laterally on the upper surface of the housing and fixed to the upper surface of the housing.
An ink jet recording apparatus. 2. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the ink tubes are provided, and the arrangement direction of the plurality of ink tubes is increased or lowered from a horizontal direction by an arrangement conversion unit that changes an arrangement direction of the plurality of ink tubes. Direction, or from top to bottom to horizontal,
An ink jet recording apparatus. The ink jet recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the ink tube includes a plurality of ink tubes, and the plurality of ink tubes are bound by a binding unit.
An ink jet recording apparatus. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the casing is provided with a cover capable of opening and closing an upper portion of the casing.
An ink jet recording apparatus. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a grip portion is provided in the relay portion.
An ink jet recording apparatus. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the notch is positioned below the grip.
An ink jet recording apparatus. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of the relay units.
The height position of the extension part where the ink tube extends from the relay part is different between the plurality of relay parts,
An ink jet recording apparatus. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the plurality of extending portions are sequentially positioned obliquely downward in a predetermined direction.
An ink jet recording apparatus. The inkjet recording apparatus according to claim 17, wherein a bottom side of the cutout portion extends obliquely downward according to a change in a height position of the plurality of extension portions.
An ink jet recording apparatus. The ink jet recording apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 18, wherein the ink storage portion is provided outside the housing.
An ink jet recording apparatus.

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