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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, 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 that includes a recording head which performs recording on a medium and is movable in a scanning direction of the recording head, a first sliding portion that is provided so as to be able to displace a relative position to a carriage main body in a direction in which a gap between the recording head and the medium changes and moves in the scanning direction together with the carriage, a guide member with which the first sliding portion makes contact and that is provided so as to extend in the scanning direction, and a gap adjusting unit that adjusts the gap by adjusting a position of the carriage main body relative to the first sliding portion.