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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes: a carriage that has a housing in which a recording head is provided; a guide member that guides the carriage; a gap adjusting unit that adjust a gap between the medium and the recording head; and a cap member by which the recording head is capped. The gap adjusting unit includes a sliding member that slides over the guide member, a cam member that is interposed between a part of the housing and the sliding member and has a shape with which the housing is caused to shift in the direction in which the gap is changed, by moving in the first direction relative to the housing and the sliding member, and a pressing member that presses the cam member to the housing of the carriage in a second direction intersecting with the first direction and the direction in which the gap is changed.