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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2013
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Katsunari Kumagai, Okaya, JP;
Kazumasa Harada, Matsumoto, JP;
Tomoya Takikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Kazutoshi Matsuzaki, Shiojiri, JP;
Hidetaka Kawata, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a carriage that is provided with a recording head which performs recording on a recording medium and is movable in a scan direction of the recording head, a guide member that guides the carriage in the scan direction, and a gap adjusting unit that is interposed between a housing of the carriage and the guide member so as to displace the housing of the carriage in a direction in which a gap varies between the recording medium and the recording head, the gap adjusting unit being mounted on the carriage.