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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2012
Masayuki Takata, Nagoya, JP;
Hisaki Sakurai, Aichi-ken, JP;
Jiro Yamamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Yasunari Yoshida, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yuji Koga, Nagoya, JP;
Katsuro Miura, Toyota, JP;
Isao Kubo, Tokoname, JP;
Motohito Muraki, Nagoya, JP;
Masayuki Takata, Nagoya, JP;
Hisaki Sakurai, Aichi-ken, JP;
Jiro Yamamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Yasunari Yoshida, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yuji Koga, Nagoya, JP;
Katsuro Miura, Toyota, JP;
Isao Kubo, Tokoname, JP;
Motohito Muraki, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus has a cartridge installing section including a case which is formed with an opening and which is configured to receive printing fluid cartridges respectively via the opening; a flat plate-shaped lid which has a rotational shaft and which undergoes posture change to a closed posture and an open posture by being rotated around the rotational shaft. The lid has a curved section which is disposed on a side of one end in a widthwise direction along the rotational shaft and which is curved so that the one end is directed to a side of the ending surface of the case in a state in which the lid is in the closed posture; and the curved section is upstanding upwardly from a side of a bottom surface of the case in a state in which the lid is in the open posture.