Recording apparatus

US8939547B2 · US · B2

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FieldValue
Publication numberUS-8939547-B2
Application numberUS-96510210-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 10, 2010
Priority dateMay 17, 2010
Publication dateJan 27, 2015
Grant dateJan 27, 2015

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Abstract

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A holder that holds a line recording head is displaced in a sheet width direction against the urging force of an elastic portion to bring an abutment portion of the holder into contact with one of a plurality of positioning surfaces provided at a reference portion of a sheet conveying mechanism. The holder is positioned and fixed to the reference portion, with the urging force exerted thereto.

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What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus comprising: a conveying mechanism configured to convey a sheet in a first direction; a line recording head in which nozzles are arrayed along a second direction intersecting the first direction; a holder configured to hold the line recording head, the holder having a first abutment portion in the first direction, a second abutment portion in the second direction, and a third abutment portion in a third direction that is a direction of a gap…

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  • B41J2/515Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US8939547B2 cover?
A holder that holds a line recording head is displaced in a sheet width direction against the urging force of an elastic portion to bring an abutment portion of the holder into contact with one of a plurality of positioning surfaces provided at a reference portion of a sheet conveying mechanism. The holder is positioned and fixed to the reference portion, with the urging force exerted thereto.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Kida Akira, Sugimoto Masahiro, Ueda Masaharu, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B41J2/515. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 27 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).