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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2013
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Takeuchi, Matsumoto, JP;
Hiroyuki Yoda, Shiojiri, JP;
Kenji Oshima, Minowa-machi, JP;
Yoshisada Aoki, Azumino, JP;
Satoshi Shimizu, Shiojiri, JP;
Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Shiojiri, JP;
Nobuhisa Nomoto, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a recording apparatus allowing for a reduction in size of an ink jet recording apparatus. An ink jet recording apparatus includes a head unit that has a recording head which ejects ink and a relay adapter which relays an ink accommodating portion where ink is accommodated with the recording head, and is movable in a scanning direction of the recording head, and an ink tube that is connected to the relay adapter, guides ink which is sent from the ink accommodating portion to the relay adapter, and has flexibility, in which a height difference is formed in an upper portion of an adapter accommodating portion, where the relay adapter is accommodated, of the head unit, and the ink tube extends outside the head unit by using a space between a high position and a low position of the adapter accommodating portion.