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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akihisa Wanibe, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/16 (2006.01); B41J 25/34 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 25/34 (2013.01); B41J 2/1752 (2013.01); B41J 2/17509 (2013.01); B41J 2/17513 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus including a head unit in which a print head is mounted on a head plate, and a small carriage that holds the head unit. The head unit engages with a slide rail formed in the small carriage with an engagement protrusion, and can be attached and detached in a sliding manner when the head unit is attached and detached.