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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhisa Kawakami, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhito Tsubakimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Harada, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaya Shimmachi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kaneto Tokuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a print head configured to discharge ink, a housing in which the print head is provided, the housing having an opening, a cover unit which is openable with respect to the opening, a detection unit configured to detect an opening of the cover unit, and a wall inside the housing arranged between the detection unit and the print head, wherein the wall is configured to establish a separation between a space where the detection unit is located and a space where the print head is located when the cover unit is in a closed state.