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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2009
Hideo Izawa, Narashino, JP;
Takao Namiki, Narashino, JP;
Akira Ishikawa, Narashino, JP;
Yuuichi Yamazaki, Narashino, JP;
Hideo Izawa, Narashino, JP;
Takao Namiki, Narashino, JP;
Akira Ishikawa, Narashino, JP;
Yuuichi Yamazaki, Narashino, JP;
Miyakoshi Printing Machinery Co., Ltd., Narashino-shi, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus in which a head supporting plate having a line head mounted thereon which comprises a plurality of short heads staggered is attached to a carriage whereby recording is performed by ink jet printing with the line head on a recording medium positioned beneath the carriage is rendered capable of using ordinary short heads. To this end, in an ink jet recording apparatus in which a head supporting platehaving a line head mounted thereon which comprises a plurality of short headsstaggered is attached to a carriagewhereby recording is performed by ink jet printing with the line head on a recording mediumpositioned beneath the carriage, a portion of projectionis provided which is formed on a surface of attachment where the head supporting plate is attached to the carriage, the portion of projection entering into a holeformed in the carriage; and a portion of recess is provided which is formed on an obverse side of the head supporting plate and at a position corresponding to that of the portion of projection and whose inner bottom surface becomes a head mounting surfaceon which a said short head having a nozzle is to be mounted, the head mounting surface being formed with a nozzle accepting hole adapted to accept the nozzle of the short head for mounting the short head on the head mounting surface.