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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ken Tanino, Kobe, JP;
Yoshinori Tanaka, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 37 ; 347 40 ;
Abstract
An ink-jet printer of the invention comprises a print head having nozzles for ejecting an ink material therefrom, a carriage supporting the print head, and a adjust mechanism adjusting a relative position between the print head and the carriage. According to the invention, the relative position of nozzles with respect to the carriage can be adjusted by the adjust mechanism after the print head has been attached to the carriage. Therefore, great precision is not required when attaching the print head to the carriage, simplifying its assembling.