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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1993
Yoshiaki Kaburagi, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigemitsu Tasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeo Takenaka, Kamakura, JP;
Makoto Kashimura, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuaki Iwakami, Machida, JP;
Shinya Matsui, Tokyo, JP;
Masafumi Wataya, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiyuki Onishi, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiro Unosawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;
Yuichi Hirai, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus, which is provided with a carriage supporting a recording head or reciprocating along a platen, includes a magnetized scale of a magnetic linear encoder positioned along a moving direction of the carriage, and a magnetic head of the magnetic linear encoder, mounted on the carriage and adapted for reading the magnetized pattern of the scale. The scale is provided with at least two magnetized lines of mutually different pitches of magnetization, for recording position information relating to the recording operation, and position information relating to other functions.