IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS

Abstract

An image recording apparatus includes a recording head, a carriage mounted with the recording head and reciprocates in a reciprocation direction, a conductive wire extending from the carriage, a regulating wall which extends along a reciprocation direction of the carriage and suppresses the conductive wire from swelling in a direction separating away from the carriage, and a fixing member which fixes other end side of the conductive wire to an apparatus body by forming a curved portion inverted in the reciprocation direction of the carriage at a predetermined position between the regulating wall and the carriage in the conductive wire and pressing the other end side of the conductive wire toward the regulating wall.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an outer configuration of a multifunction apparatus according to an aspect of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating an inner configuration of the multifunction apparatus;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view illustrating a partial configuration of a printer unit;

FIG. 4 is a plan view illustrating a partial configuration of the printer unit;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view illustrating a nozzle forming surface of an ink jet recording head;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a sectional configuration of the ink jet recording head;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a controller of the multifunction apparatus;

FIG. 8 is a front view illustrating a configuration of a swingable support member 100.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged perspective view illustrating configurations of fixing clips;

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along Line X-X of FIG. 11;

FIG. 11 is a plan view illustrating a partial configuration of the printer unit;

FIG. 12 is a plan view illustrating a partial configuration of the printer unit; and

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating a carriage and a flat cable of a conventional image recording apparatus.

Claims

1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a recording head which records an image on a recording medium by ejecting ink droplets;a carriage which is mounted with the recording head and reciprocates in a reciprocation direction intersecting a transport direction of the recording medium;a conductive wire having flexibility capable of changing its posture in accordance with reciprocation of the carriage, one end side of the conductive wire being fixed to the carriage and the conductive wire extending from the carriage, the conductive wire transmitting a recording signal to the recording head;a regulating wall which extends along the reciprocation direction of the carriage and suppresses the conductive wire from swelling in a direction separating away from the carriage; anda fixing member which fixes other end side of the conductive wire to an apparatus body by forming a curved portion inverted in the reciprocation direction of the carriage at a predetermined position between the regulating wall and the carriage in the conductive wire and pressing the other end side of the conductive wire toward the regulating wall.

2. An image recording apparatus comprising: a recording head which records an image on a recording medium by ejecting ink droplets;a carriage which is mounted with the recording head and reciprocates in a reciprocation direction intersecting a transport direction of the recording medium;a conductive wire having flexibility capable of changing its posture in accordance with reciprocation of the carriage, one end side of the conductive wire being fixed to the carriage and the conductive wire extending from the carriage, the conductive wire transmits a recording signal to the recording head;a fixing member which fixes other end side of the conductive wire to an apparatus body by forming a curved portion inverted in the reciprocation direction of the carriage in the conductive wire; anda regulating member which comes into contact with an inside of the curved portion of the conductive wire in vicinity of the fixing member and suppresses the other end side of the conductive wire from moving from a predetermined position in a direction approaching toward the carriage.

3. An image recording apparatus comprising: a recording head which records an image on a recording medium by ejecting ink droplets;a carriage which is mounted with the recording head and reciprocates in a reciprocation direction intersecting a transport direction of the recording medium;a conductive wire having flexibility capable of changing its posture in accordance with reciprocation of the carriage, one end side of the conductive wire being fixed to the carriage and the conductive wire extending from the carriage, the conductive wire transmitting a recording signal to the recording head;a regulating wall which extends along the reciprocation direction of the carriage and suppresses the conductive wire from swelling in a direction separating away from the carriage;a fixing member which fixes other end side of the conductive wire to an apparatus body by forming a curved portion inverted in the reciprocation direction of the carriage at a predetermined position between the regulating wall and the carriage in the conductive wire and pressing the other end side of the conductive wire toward the regulating wall; anda regulating member which comes into contact with an inside of the curved portion of the conductive wire in vicinity of the fixing member and suppresses the other end side of the conductive wire from moving from a predetermined position in a direction approaching toward the carriage.

4. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fixing member is located substantially at center of a movable range of the carriage.

5. The image recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the fixing member is located substantially at center of a movable range of the carriage.

6. The image recording apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the fixing member is located substantially at center of a movable range of the carriage.

7. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an ink supply tube having flexibility capable of changing its posture in accordance with the reciprocation of the carriage and supplying ink to the recording head, the ink supply tube forming a curved portion inverted in the reciprocation direction of the carriage outside the curved portion of the conductive wire, wherein the conductive wire is suppressed from swelling in the direction separating away from the carriage by the regulating wall with the ink supply tube interposed therebetween.

8. The image recording apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising an ink supply tube having flexibility capable of changing its posture in accordance with the reciprocation of the carriage and supplying ink to the recording head, the ink supply tube forming a curved portion inverted in the reciprocation direction of the carriage outside the curved portion of the conductive wire, wherein the conductive wire is suppressed from swelling in the direction separating away from the carriage by the regulating wall with the ink supply tube interposed therebetween.