Seiko Epson Corporation

Hidenobu Ota

Yukihiro Endo

Osamu Iwamoto

Takao Yamamoto

Kazuma Ozaki

Akira Ishikawa

Yuta Watanabe

Makoto Kiuchi

Meandering of a medium at a time of transporting is reduced. A recording apparatus which transports medium and performs recording on the medium is provided. The apparatus includes a recording unit, a medium clamping unit which is provided on a side further upstream than the recording unit in a transport direction, and clamps the medium therebetween, and a medium support unit which is provided on the side further upstream than the medium clamping unit in the transport direction, and supports the medium. The medium is slackened between the medium clamping unit and the medium support unit.

Recording apparatus

A printer includes a printing unit that performs printing on a printing medium; a winding unit that winds the printing medium on which the printing is performed by the printing unit; and a frame unit which is positioned between the printing unit and the winding unit on a feeding path of the printing medium, in which in a case where the printing medium is not wound by the winding unit, a receiving member for receiving the printing medium is detachably mounted to the frame unit, and in a case where the printing medium is wound by the winding unit, the receiving member is detached such that the frame unit comes in contact with the printing medium.

Printer

A recording apparatus that performs recording by a recording head mounted on a carriage capable of scanning on a recording medium, includes a connecting member of which both ends are connected to the recording head and an apparatus main body and that moves in a bending manner, and a plate-like supporting member that supports the connecting member at the lower side in the vertical direction. In the recording apparatus, one end of the supporting member is supported on a frame member of the apparatus main body in a cantilever manner.

Recording apparatus including a supporting member that supports a connecting member

A recording apparatus includes a flexible wiring substrate of which one end is connected to a recording head side; and a holding member which holds a plurality of the flexible wiring substrates in a state of being laminated, the holding member has a regulating section which regulates both end portions of the plurality of the flexible wiring substrates in the width direction in a state of being laminated, a first film member which is disposed on one side of the plurality of the flexible wiring substrates and has flexibility, and a second film member which is disposed on the other side in the thickness direction in a state where an interval is secured which is greater than a total thickness of the plurality of the flexible wiring substrates with respect to the first film member and has flexibility.

A method of forming an inorganic alignment film made substantially of an inorganic material on a base substrate is provided comprising a milling process of irradiating ion beams onto the surface of the base substrate, on which the inorganic alignment film is to be formed, from a direction inclined at a predetermined angle &#x3b8;with respect to a direction vertical to the surface, and a film-forming process of forming the inorganic alignment film on the base substrate onto which the ion beams are irradiated. In the milling process, the predetermined angle &#x3b8;is preferably 2&#xb0; or more. In the milling process, an acceleration voltage of the ion beams during the irradiation of the ion beams is preferably 400 to 1400 V.

Method of forming inorganic alignment film, inorganic alignment film, substrate for electronic device, liquid crystal panel and electronic apparatus

A method for forming an oriented film is provided for forming an oriented film on a base material by irradiating the surface of the base material where the oriented film will be formed with an ion beam comprising nitrogen ions from a direction inclined at a prescribed angle &#x3b8;with respect to the direction perpendicular to the surface, while evaporating carbon from an evaporation source. The prescribed angle, &#x3b8;, is preferably 45-89&#xb0;. The accelerating voltage of the ion beam comprising nitrogen ions is preferably 100-500 V. The electric current of the ion beam comprising nitrogen ions is preferably 10-500 mA.

Method for forming oriented film, oriented film, substrate for electronic device, liquid crystal panel, and electronic device

A method of forming an inorganic alignment film on a base substrate is provided comprising forming a film made substantially of an inorganic material on the base substrate, and irradiating ion beams onto the surface of the film from a direction inclined at a predetermined angle &#x3b8;with respect to the direction vertical to the surface. By irradiating the ion beams onto the film, concave portions having a predetermined directivity are formed on the film. The predetermined angle &#x3b8;is preferably 2&#xb0; or more.

A method of forming an inorganic alignment film is provided comprising a first milling step of irradiating ion beams to a surface of a base substrate, on which the inorganic alignment film is to be formed, from a direction inclined at a predetermined angle &#x3b8;with respect to a direction orthogonal to the surface of the base substrate, a film-forming step of forming a film made substantially of an inorganic material on the base substrate to which the ion beams are irradiated, and a second milling step of irradiating ion beams to a surface of the film from a direction inclined at a predetermined angle &#x3b8;with respect to the direction orthogonal to the surface of the film.

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Suwa, Japan

Hidenobu Ota