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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Shimmachi, Kawasaki, JP;
Junichi Kubokawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideaki Matsumura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yukimichi Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahiro Kiuchi, Fuchu, JP;
Koki Shimada, Kawasaki, JP;
Yusuke Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Kyohei Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a carriage, a supply tube, a head set cover that moves to a first orientation at which the printing head is fixed to the carriage and a second orientation at which the printing head is attachable to or detachable from the carriage, and a joint unit that moves to a first position connected to the printing head and a second position separated from the printing head, wherein the joint unit does not move to the first position from the second position when the head set cover moves to the first orientation from the second orientation, and moves to the second position from the first position in cooperation with movement of the head set cover when the head set cover moves to the second orientation from the first orientation.