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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1996
Masasumi Nagashima, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A record apparatus to which a recording head is removably attached is disclosed, for example, a serial printer to which the recording head is removably attached to a carriage. An electric connecting portion is provided on the carriage so that it is connected to an electric connecting portion of the recording head to supply the recording head with drive signals when the head is mounted on the carriage. A lid is provided which covers the electric connecting portion when the recording head is not mounted on the carriage, and which opens when the recording head is mounted on the carriage. This makes it possible for the electric connecting portion to be electrically and mechanically protected when the recording head is not mounted.