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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2019
Hiroaki Miyagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichiro Maeyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Miyagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichiro Maeyama, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid discharge device includes a head array, a support body, a moving assembly, and a head array fixing device. The head array fixing device fixes the head array at an approach position. The head array fixing device includes a gripping target member and a gripping member. The gripping target member is disposed on one of the head array and the support body and extending in a direction in which the head array approaches or retracts from a recording region of a recording medium. The gripping member is disposed on another of the head array and the support body, to grip the gripping target member to position the gripping target member in a conveyance direction and a width direction of the recording member. A gripping position at which the gripping member grips the gripping target member is adjustable in at least one of the conveyance direction and the width direction.