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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2006
Applicant:
Kumiko Kuriki, Toyohashi, JP;
Inventor:
Kumiko Kuriki, Toyohashi, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A carriage includes a carriage body and a carriage cover. The carriage body has a joint portion to which ink tubes are connected while being arranged in a lateral direction, and a flat plane formed from the joint portion in an extending direction of the ink tubes and carrying the ink tubes slidably in the lateral direction. The carriage cover has a pressing member attached on an upper side of the carriage body and maintaining the ink tubes in an arrangement state in the lateral direction. The ink tubes are pinched between the carriage cover and the flat plane slidably in the lateral direction.