JP2017154400A - Recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording device comprising cable holding means being unlikely to unfasten a flexible flat cable (FFC) after holding while being capable of easily holding the FFC on an inner wall of the recording device, and to reduce the possibility that the FFC is damaged by the cable holding means.SOLUTION: Cable holding means 25 for folding an FFC 24 on an inner wall of a lower housing comprises: a plurality of slit sections 26 being provided with intervals in a direction intersecting with a vertical direction on the inner wall, holding the FFC 24, and extending in a direction intersecting with a drawing direction of the FFC 24; a protrusion 27 being provided between at least two slit sections 26 out of the plurality of slit sections 26, and separating a part of the FFC 24 held from a wall surface of the inner wall; and a regulation section 28 being provided on an upper housing, and regulating movement upward of the FFC 24 held by the slit sections 26.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording apparatus that performs recording on a recording medium.

In an ink jet printer that is an example of a recording apparatus, a recording head and a control unit of the printer may be connected by a flexible flat cable.
The flexible flat cable (hereinafter sometimes referred to as FFC) is wired along, for example, a frame constituting a base of the recording apparatus.

  In Patent Document 1, a main frame 4 provided along a moving direction of a recording head that reciprocates in the width direction of a conveyed medium is provided with an FFC fixing portion having one end connected to the recording head. . In Patent Document 1, an FFC support device (holding means) is formed by bending a part of the main frame 4 (see FIG. 7 of Patent Document 1).

  Further, in Patent Document 2, a cable (FFC) that connects a recording head that reciprocates in the width direction of a conveyed medium and a substrate as a control unit is bent at a part of a frame that constitutes the apparatus main body. A holding means for holding by a bent portion 74 (see FIG. 8 of Patent Document 2) is disclosed.

JP 2006-82381 A Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-123678

Here, as shown in FIG. 7 of Patent Document 1, if it is configured to hold both the upper and lower portions of the FFC in one frame, it is difficult to remove from the holding means, but it is difficult to attach to the holding means. It was. Further, if the FFC is forcibly attached to the holding means that is difficult to attach, the FFC may be damaged.
In particular, in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, the frame constituting the apparatus main body provided with the FFC holding means is usually formed of sheet metal or the like in many cases. In the holding means formed by bending the sheet metal, there is a possibility that the end of the sheet metal hits when the FFC is attached to the holding means, and the FFC is damaged.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to easily hold the flexible flat cable on the inner wall of the recording apparatus and to hold the flexible flat cable after the holding. It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording apparatus including a cable holding unit that is less likely to come off. Another object is to reduce or avoid the possibility that the flexible flat cable is damaged by the cable holding means of the recording apparatus.

In order to solve the above problems, a recording apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an apparatus main body having a recording head that performs recording by discharging a liquid onto a conveyed medium, and a lower portion that can accommodate the apparatus main body. A housing; an upper housing provided at an upper portion of the lower housing; a flexible flat cable held in a state extending in a direction crossing a vertical direction with respect to an inner wall of the lower housing; and the flexible flat cable in the lower housing Cable holding means for holding on the inner wall of the lower housing, wherein the cable holding means is provided with a plurality of gaps in the direction intersecting the vertical direction on the inner wall of the lower housing to hold the flexible flat cable. A plurality of slit portions extending in a direction crossing the extending direction of the flat cable, and a plurality Among the slit portions, provided between at least two slit portions, a convex portion for separating a part of the flexible flat cable to be held from the wall surface of the inner wall, and provided on the upper housing, And a restricting portion that restricts upward movement of the held flexible flat cable.

  According to this aspect, the flexible flat cable (hereinafter sometimes referred to as FFC) that is held in a state where the cable holding means extends in a direction intersecting the vertical direction with respect to the inner wall of the lower housing, A plurality of upper housings provided on the inner wall of the lower housing at intervals in the direction intersecting the vertical direction and held by slits extending in the direction intersecting the extending direction of the flexible flat cable, and provided on the upper portion of the lower housing Since the upward movement of the FFC held in the slit portion is restricted by the restriction portion provided in the FFC, easy attachment of the FFC to the cable holding means, and FFC after attachment Both of making it difficult to come off from the cable holding means can be realized.

In addition, since the convex portion provided between at least two slit portions of the plurality of slit portions can partly hold the flexible flat cable held away from the wall surface of the inner wall. It can be configured such that the portion abuts reliably at the end portion in the width direction of the FFC.
The cable holding means can be formed of a material (for example, a resin material) that hardly damages the FFC when it comes into contact with the FFC, and can reduce the risk of scratching the FFC.

  The recording apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the first aspect, the slit portion and the convex portion are formed integrally with the lower housing.

  According to this aspect, the lower housing in which the slit portion and the convex portion are integrally provided can be formed by, for example, integral molding using a resin material or the like. Accordingly, the number of parts in the recording apparatus can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced.

  A recording apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention includes the carriage according to the first aspect or the second aspect, wherein the apparatus main body holds the recording head so as to be capable of reciprocating in a direction intersecting the medium conveyance direction. The flexible flat cable is connected to the carriage, and is provided to be deformable between the cable holding means and the carriage as the carriage moves.

  According to this aspect, the FFC connected to the carriage that holds the recording head and reciprocates in the direction intersecting the medium conveyance direction is held by the cable holding means of the first aspect or the second aspect. Can do.

  The recording apparatus according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the recording apparatus according to the third aspect, wherein the plurality of slit portions include a first slit portion having a shallow slit depth and a slit depth smaller than that of the first slit portion. And a deep second slit portion.

The FFC connected to the carriage is normally connected to the recording head via a connection portion in the carriage, and is configured to transmit and receive information between the recording head and a substrate provided in the apparatus main body. Yes. The width of the FFC increases / decreases depending on the amount of information transmitted / received between the recording head and the substrate, and the width increases as the information amount increases. For example, the amount of information increases as the number of nozzles provided in the recording head, the number of types of ink colors, and the like increase.
According to this aspect, the plurality of slit portions include a first slit portion having a shallow slit depth and a second slit portion having a slit depth deeper than the first slit portion. Therefore, in both the case where the width of the FFC is a width corresponding to the shallow first slit portion and the width corresponding to the deep second slit portion, the cable holding means of the same lower housing Can hold the FFC. Accordingly, for example, the lower housing can be made common in two types of recording apparatuses having different FFC widths due to differences in the specifications of the recording head. Thus, the manufacturing cost of the device can be reduced.

  The recording apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the recording apparatus according to the fourth aspect, wherein the slit portion constituting the starting point of deformation of the flexible flat cable is the second slit portion among the plurality of slit portions. It is characterized by being.

  According to this aspect, among the plurality of slit portions, the slit portion constituting the starting point of deformation of the flexible flat cable is constituted by the second slit portion having a deep slit depth, so that the cable holding The starting point of deformation of the FFC in both the case where the width of the flexible flat cable held by the means is a width corresponding to the shallow first slit portion and the width corresponding to the deep second slit portion. Can be the same.

  A recording apparatus according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the recording apparatus according to any one of the third to fifth aspects, wherein the carriage is configured to be capable of mounting a liquid cartridge that supplies the liquid to the recording head. The upper housing includes a recess for handling when removing the liquid cartridge from the carriage, and at least a part of the recess for handling and at least a part of the cable holding means overlap in the medium transport direction. It is characterized by.

  According to this aspect, since at least a part of the recess for handling when removing the liquid cartridge from the carriage and at least a part of the cable holding unit overlap in the medium transport direction, the medium in the recording apparatus The dimension in the transport direction can be suppressed.

  The recording apparatus according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is the recording apparatus according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein the slit portion protrudes from an inner wall of the lower housing; And a second standing wall portion sandwiching the flexible flat cable with the standing wall portion.

  According to this aspect, since the slit portion includes the first standing wall portion protruding from the inner wall of the lower housing, the flexible flat cable can be separated from the inner wall also in the slit portion. Further, it is possible to reduce bending between the FFC and the FFC that are separated from each other at the convex portion.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an appearance of a printer according to the invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a main part of the printer according to the invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a medium conveyance path in the printer according to the invention. The perspective view showing the apparatus main body accommodated in the lower housing. The principal part expansion perspective view of the apparatus main body accommodated in the lower housing. The perspective view showing an upper housing. The principal part perspective sectional view of a cable holding means. Sectional drawing of the principal part of a cable holding means. FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main part of the printer according to the invention. The principal part expansion perspective view of the slit part which comprises a cable holding means. The figure which shows the state which attached the narrow flexible flat cable to the cable holding means. The figure which shows the state which attached the wide flexible flat cable to the cable holding means.

[Example 1]
First, an outline of a recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. As an example of the recording apparatus of the present embodiment, an ink jet printer 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as a printer 1) is taken as an example.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an appearance of a printer according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the main part of the printer according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a medium conveyance path in the printer according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the apparatus main body accommodated in the lower housing. FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of the apparatus main body accommodated in the lower housing. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the upper housing. FIG. 7 is a perspective sectional view of the main part of the cable holding means. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the cable holding means. FIG. 9 is a plan view of an essential part of the printer according to the present invention. FIG. 10 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of the slit portion constituting the cable holding means. FIG. 11 is a view showing a state in which a narrow flexible flat cable is attached to the cable holding means. FIG. 12 is a view showing a state where a wide flexible flat cable is attached to the cable holding means.

In the XYZ coordinate system shown in each figure, the X direction is the scanning direction of the recording head, and the width direction of the medium on which recording is performed. The Y direction is the apparatus depth direction, and is the length direction of the medium. The Z direction is the gravitational direction and the device height direction. Further, the + Y direction side is the front side of the apparatus, and the −Y direction side is the back side of the apparatus. Also, the right side when viewed from the front side of the apparatus is the + X direction, and the left side is the −X direction. Further, the + Z direction is the upper side of the apparatus (including the upper and upper surfaces), and the −Z direction side is the lower side of the apparatus (including the lower and lower surfaces).
In the following, the transport direction in which the recording paper is transported in the printer 1 is referred to as “downstream”, and the opposite direction is referred to as “upstream”.

<Printer overview>
The printer 1 (FIG. 1) is configured as a multifunction machine including a printer unit 2 that performs recording on a recording sheet as a medium, and a scanner unit 3 that reads an image of a document. The scanner unit 3 is provided on the upper part of the printer unit 2.
In this specification, the recording paper refers to paper such as plain paper, thick paper, and photographic paper as an example.

The recording paper after recording by the recording head 10 (FIG. 3) provided in the printer unit 2 exits from the discharge port 4 provided on the front surface of the apparatus and is placed on the paper discharge tray 5. Note that the recording paper conveyance path in the printer unit 2 will be described later.
Reference numeral 6 on the front side of the apparatus denotes an operation panel including a power button, operation buttons for performing various print settings / recording, a display unit for displaying print setting contents and print image previews, and the like.

The printer unit 2 (FIG. 2) includes an apparatus main body 7 that performs recording, a lower housing 8 that houses the apparatus main body 7, and an upper housing 9 that is provided above the lower housing 8.
As shown in FIG. 4, the lower housing 8 is open at the top and is configured to accommodate the apparatus main body 7.
The upper housing 9 is a lid that closes the opening at the top of the lower housing 8 and is configured to be plugged into the lower housing 8 (see also FIG. 6). The upper surface 9a (FIG. 2) of the upper housing 9 is also a mounting surface for the scanner unit 3 (FIG. 1).

<About the paper transport path>
Next, with reference to FIG. 3, a recording paper conveyance path in the apparatus main body 7 of the printer unit 2 will be described. In FIG. 3, a dotted line P is a recording paper conveyance path.
The apparatus main body 7 includes a sheet tray 11 that accommodates a plurality of recording sheets (sheet bundle P1) at the bottom, and the recording sheets are fed from the sheet tray 11 one by one.
The recording paper is once sent from the paper tray 11 to the back side (−Y direction) of the apparatus by a feed roller 12 (also referred to as a pickup roller), and is bent by the intermediate roller 13 to be sent to the front side of the apparatus (+ Y direction). It has become. The feeding roller 12 is configured to be swingable about the swinging shaft 12a, and is configured to come into contact with the uppermost recording sheet of the sheet bundle P1 accommodated in the sheet tray 11.

  On the upstream side of the recording head 10 in the sheet conveyance direction (on the rear side of the apparatus, in the −Y direction), a conveyance driving roller 14 that is rotationally driven by a motor (not shown) and a conveyance driven roller 15 that is driven to rotate in contact with the conveyance driving roller 14. Are provided, and the recording paper is sent under the recording head 10.

The recording head 10 is mounted on a carriage 16 that is held so as to be movable in the X-axis direction that intersects the conveyance direction (Y-axis direction) of the recording paper, and for the recording paper that is sent to an area facing the recording head 10. Thus, recording is performed by ejecting ink. An ink cartridge 19 (liquid cartridge) that supplies ink to the recording head 10 is mounted on the carriage 16.
On the downstream side of the recording head 10 in the paper conveyance direction (the front side of the apparatus, + Y direction), a discharge driving roller 17 that is rotationally driven by a motor (not shown), and a discharge driven roller 18 that is driven to rotate in contact with the discharge driving roller 17. The recording sheet after recording is discharged to a discharge tray 5 provided on the front side of the apparatus.

<About the device body>
The configuration of the apparatus body 7 will be further described. The apparatus main body 7 (FIG. 4) includes a main frame 20 that extends in the moving direction (X-axis direction) of the recording head 10 (carriage 16) at substantially the center in the apparatus depth direction (Y-axis direction). . The main frame 20 is provided with a moving mechanism (not shown) for moving the carriage 16. Reference numeral 21 denotes a motor as a power source of the moving mechanism of the carriage 16.

  In addition, on both sides of the main frame 20, a pair of side frames 22 are provided that extend in a direction (Y-axis direction) intersecting the moving direction of the recording head 10 and have a frame surface along the vertical direction. In FIG. 4, in order to make the inside of the apparatus easier to see, the left side (+ X side) side frame as viewed from the rear side of the apparatus is omitted, and only the right side (−X side) side frame 22 is shown. .

On the outside (−X side) of the right side frame 22 is provided a main substrate 23 (FIG. 5) as a control unit that controls various components including the recording head 10.
The recording head 10 is provided with a substrate (not shown) for controlling the operation of the recording head 10, and the substrate on the recording head 10 side and the main substrate 23 may be referred to as a flexible flat cable 24 (hereinafter referred to as FFC 24). Connected). A control signal is output from the main substrate 23 to the substrate on the recording head 10 side via the FFC 24.
Since the recording head 10 is mounted on the moving carriage 16, the end 29 a (FIG. 4) of the FFC 24 on the recording head 10 side is fixed to the side surface 16 a on the + X direction side of the carriage 16. Reference numeral 29b in FIG. 5 is an end of the FFC 24 on the main board 23 side.

The FFC 24 is perpendicular to the inner wall of the lower housing 8 between the main board 23 and the carriage 16 (recording head 10), that is, between the end 29a and the end 29b, as shown in FIGS. It is held by the cable holding means 25 in a state of extending in a direction crossing the direction.
Hereinafter, the cable holding means 25 for holding the FFC 24 on the inner wall of the lower housing 8 will be described.

<About cable holding means>
The cable holding means 25 includes a slit portion 26 and a convex portion 27 provided on the inner wall 8a (FIGS. 4 and 5) on the front surface side (+ Y side) of the lower housing 8, and a restriction portion 28 provided on the upper housing. Yes.
First, a plurality of slit portions 26 are provided on the inner wall 8a (FIGS. 4 and 5) of the lower housing 8 at intervals in the direction (X-axis direction) intersecting the vertical direction (Z-axis direction). The slit portion 26 has a concave shape that is held with the FFC 24 interposed therebetween, and extends in a direction (Z-axis direction) that intersects the extending direction (X-axis direction) of the FFC 24. In the present embodiment, as the plurality of slit portions 26, six slit portions 26a, 26b, 26c, 26d, 26e, and 26f (FIG. 5) are provided.

Subsequently, a convex portion 27 constituting the cable holding means 25 is provided between at least two slit portions 26. In the present embodiment, convex portions 27 are provided between the slit portion 26b and the slit portion 26c and between the slit portion 26d and the slit portion 26e. As shown in FIG. 11, the convex portion 27 protrudes from the inner wall 8a so as to separate a part of the FFC 24 held along the inner wall 8a by the slit portion 26 from the wall surface of the inner wall 8a.

Further, the upper housing 9 is provided with a restricting portion 28 (FIG. 6). When the upper housing 9 is attached to the lower housing 8 (FIGS. 7 and 8), the restricting portion 28 plays a role of restricting the upward movement of the FFC 24 held by the slit portion 26.
In the present embodiment, the restricting portion 28 is provided at a position corresponding to the convex portion 27 in the X-axis direction (see FIGS. 9 and 11).

  By providing the cable holding means 25 constituted by the slit portion 26 and the convex portion 27 provided on the lower housing 8 side and the regulating portion 28 provided on the upper housing side, the following operational effects can be obtained. That is, the cable holding means 25 holds the FFC 24 by the slit portions 26 that are provided at intervals in the direction intersecting the vertical direction (the extending direction of the FFC 24) on the inner wall 8 a of the lower housing 8 and provided in the upper housing 29. Since the upward movement of the FFC 24 held in the slit portion 26 is restricted by the restriction portion 28, the FFC 24 can be easily attached to the cable holding means 25, and the FFC 24 after the attachment can be used as the cable holding means. It is possible to achieve both of making it difficult to deviate from 25.

  Further, for example, if the FFC 24 is in a state along the inner wall 8a of the lower housing 8 without a gap, there is a possibility that the FFC 24 may enter between the inner wall 8a and the regulating portion 28 when the FFC 24 moves upward. The convex portion 27 provided between the portions 26 (the slit portion 26b and the slit portion 26c, or the slit portion 26d and the slit portion 26e) separates a part of the FFC 24 held from the wall surface of the inner wall 8a. 28 can be configured to reliably contact the end of the FFC 24 in the width direction.

The slit portion 26 and the convex portion 27 are formed integrally with the lower housing 8. For example, the lower housing 8 in which the slit portion 26 and the convex portion 27 are integrally provided can be formed by integral molding using a resin material or the like. As a result, the number of parts in the printer 1 can be reduced and the cost can be reduced.
Of course, it is also possible to provide the slit part 26 and the convex part 27 separate from the lower housing 8 on the wall surface of the lower housing 8. In that case, it is desirable to form the separate slit part 26 and the convex part 27 with the material which does not damage FFC24, such as a resin material. Thereby, the possibility that the FFC 24 may be damaged due to the contact between the cable holding means 25 and the FFC 24 can be reduced.

In the present embodiment, two convex portions 27 are provided between the slit portion 26b and the slit portion 26c and between the slit portion 26d and the slit portion 26e, respectively. There may be more than one.
Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, there are two restricting portions 28 provided at positions corresponding to the positions of the protruding portions 27, and the two restricting portions 28 are protruding portions in the extending direction of the FFC 24. 27 is arranged so as to sandwich it.
Although it is desirable to dispose the restricting portion 28 in this manner because it is possible to restrict the upward movement of the FFC 24 in a balanced manner, for example, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which the FFC 24 is pressed by one restricting portion 28.

Next, another configuration of the cable holding unit 25 will be described.
In the present embodiment, the plurality of slit portions 26 of the cable holding means 25 are composed of two types of slit depths, that is, a shallow slit and a deep slit.
Specifically, the plurality of slit portions 26 (see FIG. 10) are deeper than the first slit portion 30 (= depth d1) having a shallow slit depth and the first slit portion 30. The second slit portion 31 (= depth d2> d1), the slit portions 26b, 26c, and 26e are shallow first slit portions 30, and the slit portions 26a, 26d, and 26f are deep second. It is the slit part 31 of this.

  Here, the FFC 24 is a cable for connecting the recording head 10 and the main board 23 as described above, and is configured to transmit and receive various types of information between the recording head 10 and the main board 23. The width of the FFC 24 increases or decreases according to the amount of information transmitted and received, and the width increases as the amount of information increases. For example, as the number of nozzles provided in the recording head 10, the number of ink color types, and the like increase, the amount of information also increases and the width of the FFC 24 becomes wider.

The plurality of slit portions 26 includes a first slit portion 30 and a second slit portion 31 deeper than the first slit portion 30, so that the width of the cable is the first slit. Both the FFC 24a (FIG. 11) which is the width corresponding to the depth d1 of the part 30 and the FFC 24b (FIG. 12) which is the width corresponding to the depth d2 of the second slit part 31 can be handled.
As shown in FIG. 11, the narrow FFC 24 a can be inserted and held in both the first slit portion 30 and the second slit portion 31, that is, in all the slit portions 26.
On the other hand, the wide FFC 24 b is inserted only into the deep second slit portion 31, and is held so as to pass outside the first slit portion 30. At this time, the FFC 24 b can be separated from the inner wall 8 a also by the first slit portion 30.

  As described above, by providing the first slit portion 30 and the second slit portion 31 having different depths, the width of the FFC 24 to be used is different (for example, FFC 24a and FFC 24b) due to the difference in the specifications of the recording head. In the printer, the lower housing 8 can be shared. Thus, the manufacturing cost of each printer can be reduced.

In this embodiment, the home position of the carriage 16 (the position of the carriage 16 indicated by the phantom line in FIG. 9) is located on the side close to the main board 23, that is, on the −X side. The end portion 29 a of the FFC 24 is connected to the carriage 16, and is provided to be deformable between the cable holding means 25 and the carriage 16 as the carriage 16 moves.
More specifically, among the plurality of slit portions 26, the slit portion 26a located at the position farthest from the home position (+ X side) is the starting point of deformation of the FFC 24 (FIG. 9).

When the plurality of slit portions 26 are configured by the first slit portion 30 having a shallow slit depth and the deep second slit portion 31, the slit portion 26 a serving as a starting point of deformation of the FFC 24 is the deep second slit portion 31. It is desirable that
As a result, the starting point of deformation can be made the same regardless of whether the FFC 24 that connects the carriage 16 and the main board 23 is the narrow FFC 24a or the wide FFC 24b.

  In the present embodiment, among the plurality of slit portions 26, the slit portion 26 f provided at the end on the −X side is also configured as the deep second slit portion 31. As shown in FIG. 4, the FFC 24b is bent along the side frame 22 on the −X side of the slit portion 26f. By using the slit portion 26f as the second slit portion 31, the starting point at which the FFC 24b is bent is the same regardless of whether the FFC 24 that connects the carriage 16 and the main board 23 is the narrow FFC 24a or the wide FFC 24b. be able to.

In the present embodiment, the slit portion 26 (FIG. 10) is a second standing wall that sandwiches the FFC 24 between the first standing wall portion 32 protruding from the inner wall 8 a of the lower housing 8 and the first standing wall portion 32. And a portion 33.
Since the slit portion 26 includes the first standing wall portion 32 protruding from the inner wall 8a, the FFC 24 can be separated from the inner wall 8a also in the slit portion 26. Further, bending between the convex portion 27 and the FFC 24 that is separated can be reduced.
In addition, the slit part 26 does not have the 1st standing wall part 32, and can also be set as the structure which pinches | interposes FFC24 between the inner wall 8a and the 2nd standing wall part 33. FIG.

Next, still another configuration of the cable holding unit 25 will be described.
As described above, the ink cartridge 19 for supplying ink to the recording head 10 is mounted on the carriage 16, and the ink cartridge 19 is configured to be replaceable by the user.
The upper housing 9 is provided with a concave portion 34 for handling when the ink cartridge 19 is removed from the carriage 16 (see FIGS. 2 and 9).
When the ink cartridge 19 is replaced, the carriage 16 is moved to a position corresponding to the recess 34 (position of the carriage 16 indicated by a solid line in FIG. 9). When the carriage 16 is in this position, the user can insert the hand into the recess 34 and put the hand on the ink cartridge 19, so that the ink cartridge 19 can be easily attached and detached.

Here, at least a part of the hand-operating recess 34 is provided so as to overlap with at least a part of the cable holding means 25 in the medium transport direction (Y-axis direction) (see FIG. 9). In other words, at least a part of the recess 34 and at least a part of the cable holding means 25 are at the same position in the medium transport direction (Y-axis direction).
Thereby, the dimension of the printer 1 in the apparatus depth direction can be suppressed.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention described in the claims, and these are also included in the scope of the present invention. Needless to say.

1 ... Printer (recording device), 2 ... Printer unit, 3 ... Scanner unit,
4 ... discharge port, 5 ... discharge tray, 6 ... operation panel, 7 ... main body,
8 ... Lower housing, 9 ... Upper housing, 10 ... Recording head,
11 ... paper tray, 12 ... feed roller, 13 ... intermediate roller,
14 ... conveyance drive roller, 15 ... conveyance driven roller, 16 ... carriage,
17 ... discharge drive roller, 18 ... discharge driven roller,
19 ... Ink cartridge (liquid cartridge), 20 ... Main frame,
21 ... motor, 22 ... side frame, 23 ... main board,
24 ... Flexible flat cable (FFC), 25 ... Cable holding means,
26 ... slit part, 27 ... convex part, 28 ... regulating part, 29a, 29b ... end part,
30 ... 1st slit part, 31 ... 2nd slit part, 32 ... 1st standing wall part,
33 ... second standing wall portion, 34 ... concave portion,
P1 ... sheet bundle, P ... recording paper (medium) transport path

Claims (7)

An apparatus main body having a recording head for recording by discharging liquid onto a conveyed medium, a lower housing capable of accommodating the apparatus main body, an upper housing provided on an upper part of the lower housing, and an inner wall of the lower housing On the other hand, a flexible flat cable that is held in a state extending in a direction that intersects the vertical direction, and cable holding means that holds the flexible flat cable on the inner wall of the lower housing,
A plurality of the cable holding means are provided on the inner wall of the lower housing at intervals in the direction intersecting the vertical direction, and hold the flexible flat cable, and extend in a direction intersecting the extending direction of the flexible flat cable. When,
A convex portion provided between at least two slit portions among the plurality of slit portions and separating a part of the held flexible flat cable from the wall surface of the inner wall;
A restricting portion that is provided in the upper housing and restricts the upward movement of the flexible flat cable held by the slit portion;
A recording apparatus comprising: The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the slit portion and the convex portion are formed integrally with the lower housing.
A recording apparatus. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The apparatus main body includes a carriage that holds the recording head so as to be able to reciprocate in a direction intersecting the medium conveyance direction,
The flexible flat cable is connected to the carriage and is provided so as to be deformable between the cable holding means and the carriage as the carriage moves.
A recording apparatus. The recording apparatus according to claim 3,
The plurality of slit portions includes a first slit portion having a shallow slit depth and a second slit portion having a slit depth deeper than the first slit portion.
A recording apparatus. The recording apparatus according to claim 4,
Of the plurality of slit portions, the slit portion constituting the starting point of deformation of the flexible flat cable is constituted by the second slit portion,
A recording apparatus. In the recording apparatus according to any one of claims 3 to 5,
The carriage is configured to be capable of mounting a liquid cartridge that supplies the liquid to the recording head,
The upper housing includes a recess for handling when removing the liquid cartridge from the carriage;
At least a part of the recess for handling and at least a part of the cable holding means overlap in the medium transport direction;
A recording apparatus. 7. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the slit portion is between the first standing wall portion protruding from the inner wall of the lower housing and the first standing wall portion. A second standing wall portion sandwiching the flexible flat cable,
A recording apparatus.

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