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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 23/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2013.01); B41J 19/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printer includes a carriage which includes a recording head which performs recording on a sheet, and can move in a predetermined direction, and a frame assembly which is configured of a plurality of frames which configure the periphery of the carriage. The frame assembly is formed by including a main frame, side frames, and a sub-frame as a first frame which does not form a contact face which comes into contact with the carriage, and guide frames as a second frame which forms the contact face, and of which hardness is higher than that of the first frame.