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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2000
Tetsuya Toyama, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Nobuya Kishi, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Yoshiaki Tomaru, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Nobuyoshi Miyao, Sakurai, JP;
Toshihiro Asaka, Higashiosaka, JP;
Takeshi Arai, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Seiji Takeda, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Masatsugu Hatanaka, Kashiwara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A compact ink jet printer having a small amplitude width in the horizontal direction of an ink carriage includes: a shaft provided rotatably about a predetermined axis; a strut fixed to the shaft so as to move along an arc about the axis with rotation of the shaft; an ink carriage having a plurality of ink heads provided at a predetermined direction from the shaft of the strut; and a control device controlling forwarding of a recording sheet, rotational motion of the shaft, and ink jetting from the plurality of ink heads.