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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1997
Hideo Fukazawa, Chigasaki, JP;
Makoto Torigoe, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Kikuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Shinya Asano, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Kaneko, Yokohama, JP;
Yuichi Kaneko, Koriyama, JP;
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihiko Nakatani, Yokohama, JP;
Minoru Ohkawara, Minano-machi, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A scanner head cartridge is constituted by a lower case which houses optical parts required for reading and electrical parts required for image processing, and an upper case which can engage with the lower case to cover the open surface of the lower case, and a positioning guide means used upon inserting the cartridge into the carriage is formed on the surface of the upper case, that is opposite to the lower case. A scanner head cartridge is held on a carriage that moves an ink head cartridge of an ink-jet printer for performing recording on a recording medium, in place of the ink head cartridge, and can be commonly used using a common base unit even in carriages which mount different ink head cartridges and have different shapes. In addition, the scanner head cartridge allows easy adjustment of the optical system.