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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyasu Bitoh, Ome, JP;
CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one implementation, there is provided a drawing apparatus including a carriage, a cap member, and a holding/separating mechanism. The carriage holds a drawing tool including a tip. The cap member includes a tip receiving unit which covers and seals the tip. The holding/separating mechanism holds the tip of the drawing tool in a sealing state with the tip receiving unit when the drawing tool is placed in a standby position, and separates the tip of the drawing tool and the cap member from each other before starting the drawing. The holding/separating mechanism includes a move prevention member which is fixed to a certain position. The move prevention member comes into contact with the drawing tool so that the move prevention member prevents the drawing tool from moving in a direction that separates the tip from the cap member in the sealing state.