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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1989
Tatsuji Imai, Ichinomiya, JP;
Masaya Funamoto, Higashi, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus comprises a movable carriage mounted with a printing mechanism that reciprocates along a printing line on a platen, and a control unit, which is provided on a printer body in a stationary manner and sends control signals to the printing mechanism for its various operations. A flexible member connected to the carriage and the control unit for transmission of the control signals. For this purpose, the flexible member is connected at one end to the printing mechanism. The flexible member has a first end portion at a proximity of that end, which is clamped by a connecting member pivotally supported on the carriage. This connecting member can swing to permit free deformation of the flexible member which is caused by the movement of the carriage.