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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2012
Naohiro Iwata, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideyuki Terashima, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihiro Tomoda, Yokohama, JP;
Ryosuke Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Kosuke Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Naohiro Iwata, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideyuki Terashima, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihiro Tomoda, Yokohama, JP;
Ryosuke Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Kosuke Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer includes a set cover pivotally movably provided on a carriage. The cover can be set in a closed state in which the cover presses a head of the cartridge housed in the housing portion and an open state in which the cover opens the housing portion when the cartridge is replaced. A release lever is subjected to a bias force so as to protrude from an inner wall surface of the housing portion. The release lever is movable against the bias force. The release lever comes into contact with an end of the cartridge which faces the bottom surface when the cartridge is inserted into the housing portion. The release lever contacts the rear surface of the cartridge housed in the housing portion. The bias force is stronger when the cover is in the open state than when the cover is in the closed state.