RECORDING DEVICE

• Main Authors: MARUYAMA RYOHEI, WADA NAOAKI, NAGASHIMA MASAKAZU, KURONUMA DAIGO, KONO TAKESHI, YAMAGUCHI TOSHIAKI, ABE TOMOHITO, AOKI NORIYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 27.12.2018
• Subjects: CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

To provide a technology that achieves downsizing of a device when an ink passage is formed.SOLUTION: A recording device includes: a recording head which discharges an ink onto a recording medium to make records; a carriage which is equipped with the recording head and reciprocates; first housing means which houses the ink supplied to the recording head; and passage forming means which forms an ink supply passage for supplying the ink to the recording head. The passage forming means includes: a first tube extending in a direction of reciprocating of the carriage; a second tube connected with the first housing means; and a first connection member which connects the first tube with the second tube. The first connection member is disposed at one end part of the recording device in the reciprocating direction and has a bending passage which allows communication between the first tube and the second tube.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 12 【課題】インクの流路を形成するにあたり、装置の小型化を図る技術を提供すること。【解決手段】記録装置は、記録媒体にインクを吐出して記録を行う記録ヘッドと、前記記録ヘッドを搭載して往復移動するキャリッジと、前記記録ヘッドへ供給されるインクを収容する第一の収容手段と、前記記録ヘッドへインクを供給するためのインク供給流路を形成する流路形成手段と、を含む。前記流路形成手段は、前記キャリッジの往復移動方向に延設された第一のチューブと、前記第一の収容手段に接続された第二のチューブと、前記第一のチューブと前記第二のチューブとを連結する第一の連結部材と、を含み、前記第一の連結部材は、前記往復移動方向で前記記録装置の一方端部に配置され、かつ、前記第一のチューブと前記第二のチューブとを連通する屈曲した流路を有する。【選択図】図１２