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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2012
Daisuke Tanaka, Shiojiri, JP;
Minoru Kishigami, Matsumoto, JP;
Kazuyoshi Ohashi, Matsumoto, JP;
Shota Mizuno, Tatsuno-machi, JP;
Daisuke Tanaka, Shiojiri, JP;
Minoru Kishigami, Matsumoto, JP;
Kazuyoshi Ohashi, Matsumoto, JP;
Shota Mizuno, Tatsuno-machi, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet printer includes a carriage configured to be movable supporting a recording head that can eject ink onto paper, a cam member adjusting the height position of the carriage to adjust the distance between the paper and the recording head, a cap member abutting the recording head along with a biasing force, and an engagement member placed to oppose the cap member with the carriage therebetween and pressing the carriage to the cap member side. The sum of the weight of the carriage itself and the pressing force with which the engagement member presses the carriage is equal to or greater than the biasing force acting on the carriage through the abutting of the cap member.