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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Soichi Saiga, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Soichi Saiga, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/155 (2006.01); B41J 25/308 (2006.01); B41J 25/316 (2006.01); B41J 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 25/001 (2013.01); B41J 2/155 (2013.01); B41J 25/3082 (2013.01); B41J 25/3086 (2013.01); B41J 25/316 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head to discharge liquid, a head holder to hold the liquid discharge head, a sub-carriage to hold the head holder, and a carriage to hold the sub-carriage and which is movable in a main scanning direction. The carriage includes a reference extending along the main scanning direction that holds and positions the sub-carriage in the carriage. The head holder includes a rotation reference around which the head holder is rotatable with respect to the sub-carriage, and an angle adjuster to regulate a rotation and adjust an angle of the rotation of the head holder with respect to the sub-carriage.