1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a recording apparatus, for example, an ink jet printer.
2. Related Art
JP-A-2012-152995 discloses an example of a recording apparatus in which ink in a liquid container body on an outer side of a housing is supplied to a recording head inside the housing. The recording apparatus includes a case that is positioned on the outer side of the housing and is attached to a side wall of the housing. The liquid container body is contained inside the case, and a supply tube connected to the liquid container body is guided into the housing via a through hole in a side wall of the case and a through hole in the side wall of the housing, and is connected to the recording head. The recording head records an image or the like on a medium such as paper by ejecting ink supplied from the liquid container body on the medium.
There is also disclosed another recording apparatus in which a relay unit is provided inside a housing, is connected to a liquid container body via a supply tube, and is connected to a recording head via another supply tube.
In the recording apparatus, maintenance may be performed in a state where the case is displaced relative to the housing, for example, the case is detached from the housing. At this time, when the supply tube is detached from the liquid container body, or the supply tube is detached from a connection target such as the recording head or the relay unit, the leakage of ink inside the case or the housing may increase a maintenance burden.
An advantage of some aspects of the present invention is to provide a recording apparatus in which it is possible to improve maintainability by displacing a case relative to a housing in a state where a liquid container body on an outer side of the housing remains connected to a connection target inside the housing via a supply tube.
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a recording apparatus including: a housing; a recording head that is provided inside the housing and records an image or the like on a medium by ejecting liquid on the medium; a case that is attached to the housing in such a manner that the case can be separated from a side wall of the housing; and a supply tube that supplies liquid in a liquid container body contained in the case to the recording head, in which a first through hole is provided in the side wall of the housing so as to allow the supply tube to pass therethrough, and a second through hole is provided in a side wall of the case so as to allow the supply tube to pass therethrough, the side wall of the case facing the side wall of the housing. In the recording apparatus, one of the first through hole and the second through hole expands to be larger than the other of the first through hole and the second through hole.
In this configuration, one of the first through hole and the second through hole expands to be larger than the other of the first through hole and the second through hole. Here, the expanded through hole is also referred to as an “expansion through hole”. For this reason, even when the case is displaced relative to the housing, the supply tube is unlikely to be caught in the circumferential edge of the expansion through hole. As a result, it is possible to increase the amount of displacement of the case relative to the housing in a state where the liquid container body remains connected to a connection target inside the housing via the supply tube. Accordingly, it is easy to form a large work space between the case and the housing, and it is easy to perform maintenance on the recording apparatus. Accordingly, it is possible to improve maintainability by displacing the case relative to the housing in a state where the liquid container body provided on an outer side of the housing remains connected to the connection target inside the housing via the supply tube.
In the recording apparatus, preferably, the first through hole is positioned on one side of the center of the side wall of the housing in one direction along the side wall of the housing, and the second through hole expands toward the center of the side wall of the housing in the one direction further than the first through hole.
In this configuration, when the case slides to one side in the one direction relative to the housing, the supply tube is displaced in the second through hole (the expansion through hole) to the other side in the one direction. At this time, since the second through hole expands to the other side in the one direction, the supply tube is unlikely to be caught in the circumferential edge of the second through hole. Accordingly, it is possible to increase the amount of displacement of the case relative to the housing in a state where the liquid container body remains connected to the connection target inside the housing via the supply tube.
In the recording apparatus, preferably a retainer is provided inside the case, and the supply tube is retained with the retainer while being bent.
In this configuration, it is possible to pull the supply tube out of the case by releasing the retaining of the supply tube with the retainer. As a result, it is possible to easily displace the case in a direction in which the case is separated from the housing.
The recording apparatus further preferably includes a relay unit which is disposed inside the housing and to which the supply tube is connected, and another supply tube through which the relay unit is connected to the recording head. In this configuration, even when the case is displaced relative to the housing, the relay unit remains connected to the liquid container body via the supply tube.
The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like numbers reference like elements.
Hereinafter, an embodiment will be described with reference to
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The relay unit 22 is connected to a liquid container body 30 (refer to
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Paper supply cassettes 27A and 27B are installed vertically in two stages below the discharge tray 26 of the housing 21, and the paper supply cassettes 27A and 27B contain a plurality of pieces of papers P in a stacked state. An upper portion of the housing 21 is provided with an operation unit 28 operated by a user and a scanner device 29 for reading an image recorded on an original copy set at a set position.
The first liquid container unit 40 between the liquid container units 40 and 60 is attached to a side wall (a right side wall in
Subsequently, the liquid container body 30 contained inside each of the liquid container units 40 and 60 will be described with reference to
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When the large-capacity liquid container body 30 is adopted, the size of each of the liquid container units 40 and 60 increases; however, since the liquid container units are respectively disposed on the opposite sides of the housing 21, it is possible to disperse the occupancy space of the liquid container units. In this case, as will be described later, the supply tube is required to take a long-distance route due to the disposition of the liquid supply units.
Subsequently, the first liquid container unit 40 will be described with reference to
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A plurality of (three in the embodiment) support mechanisms 46 are provided in an upper portion of the side wall formation member 44, and protrude obliquely forward, and the support mechanisms 46 line up at a substantially equal interval therebetween in the longitudinal direction. A containing space formed by the case 41 and the cover body 42 contains a plurality of (here, three) of the liquid container bodies 30 which line up in the longitudinal direction and contain different types (colors) of ink, respectively, and the liquid container body 30 is supported by the support mechanism 46 via the related handle portion 32.
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The liquid container body 30 supported by the support mechanism 46 is connected to one end of the first supply tube 48 for supplying ink in the ink bag 31 to the recording unit 20. The first supply tube 48 comes out of the case 41 via the front through hole portion 47F, and is guided into the housing 21 of the recording unit 20. The first supply tube 48 is connected to the relay unit 22 inside the housing 21.
The first supply tube 48 does not extend straightly toward the front through hole portion 47F inside the case 41, and while being bent, the first supply tube 48 is retained with a plurality of retainers 49 supported by the side wall formation member 44. In particular, the first supply tube 48 connected to the foremost liquid container body 30 makes one turn along the side wall formation member 44, and then is routed toward the front through hole portion 47F. When a worker deforms the retainers 49, the retaining of the first supply tube 48 with the retainers 49 can be released. When the retaining of the first supply tube 48 with the retainers 49 is released, the first supply tube 48 can be pulled out of the case 41 via the through hole 47.
An individual cable 50 is a flexible flat cable, and one end of the individual cable 50 is electrically connected to the IC chip 33 (refer to
A relay substrate 51 is provided between the foremost support mechanism 46 and the through hole 47 in the side wall formation member 44, and the other end of the individual cable 50 is electrically connected to the relay substrate 51. One integrated cable (flexible flat cable) 52 is attachably and detachably connected to the relay substrate 51, and is electrically connected to the individual cables 50 via the relay substrate 51. The integrated cable 52 comes out of the case 41 via the front through hole portion 47F. The integrated cable 52 outside the case 41 is guided into the housing 21 of the recording unit 20, and is connected to an integrated circuit substrate 121 (refer to
Only one cable (that is, the integrated cable 52) comes out of the case 41 of the first liquid container unit 40 that contains the plurality of liquid container bodies 30. For this reason, it is easy to assemble the first liquid container unit 40 to the recording unit 20 compared to the case in which all of the individual cables 50 come out of the case 41.
Subsequently, the second liquid container unit 60 will be described with reference to
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A support mechanisms 66 is provided in an upper portion of the side wall formation member 64. A containing space formed by the case 61 and the cover body 62 contains the liquid container body 30 for containing ink (for example, black ink), and the liquid container body 30 is supported by the support mechanism 66 via the related handle portion 32.
The liquid container body 30 supported by the support mechanism 66 is connected to one end of the first supply tube 68 for supplying ink in the ink bag 31 to the recording unit 20. The side wall formation member 64 is provided with a through hole 67 that is positioned on a front side of the support mechanism 66, and the first supply tube 68 comes out of the case 61 via the through hole 67. The first supply tube 68 does not extend straightly toward the through hole 67 inside the case 61, and while being bent, the first supply tube 68 is retained with a plurality of retainers 69 supported by the side wall formation member 64. The first supply tube 68 outside the case 61 is guided into the housing 21 of the recording unit 20, and is connected to the relay unit 22. When a worker deforms the retainers 69, the retaining of the first supply tube 68 with the retainers 69 can be released. When the retaining of the first supply tube 68 with the retainers 69 is released, the first supply tube 68 can be pulled out of the case 61 via the through hole 67.
An individual cable 70 is a flexible flat cable, and one end of the individual cable 70 is attachably and detachably, and electrically connected to the IC chip 33 of the liquid container body 30 supported by the support mechanism 66. The individual cable 70 comes out of the case 61 via the through hole 67. The individual cable 70 outside the case 61 is guided into the housing 21 of the recording unit 20, and is connected to a relay circuit substrate 120 (refer to
Subsequently, the recording unit 20 will be described with reference to
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The longitudinal length of the cut-out portion 86 is shorter than that of the through hole 47 of the first liquid container unit 40. As illustrated in
Here, the cover member 82 is detached from the housing frame 80 for the maintenance of the recording unit 20. When the maintenance is completed, the cover member 82 is assembled to the housing frame 80. At this time, the side wall portion 82B of the cover member 82 is provided with the cut-out portion 86, the lower surface of which is opened, and the cut-out portion 86 contains the first supply tubes 48 via the opening. For this reason, when the cover member 82 is assembled to the housing frame 80, the first supply tubes 48 and the integrated cable 52 are properly protected. It is possible to perform work in a state where the first supply tubes 48 remain connected to the relay unit 22.
The following description given with reference to
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The clamp member 101 is disposed on an opposite side of the relay unit 22 while the discharge port 25 is interposed therebetween in the scanning direction X. A portion of each of the first supply tubes 48 on a downstream side of the clamp member 101 is routed from one side to the other side in the scanning direction X.
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The second dividing member 107 is supported by the first dividing member 106, and a small gap is interposed between the dividing plate portion 106A of the first dividing member 106 and the second dividing member 107. The integrated cable 52 is positioned in this gap, the integrated cable 52 extending from the first liquid container unit 40 to the integrated circuit substrate 121 (refer to
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A leg portion 114 is provided on a lower side of the tube retainer portion 111 of the retainer member 110. The housing frame 80 slidably supports the retainer member 110 via the leg portion 114.
The following description given with reference to
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In the first liquid container unit 40, the retaining of the first supply tubes 48 with the retainers 49 is released, and the integrated cable 52 is detached from the relay substrate 51. In addition, bolts for attaching the first liquid container unit 40 to the housing 21 are detached. For example, in this state, the first liquid container unit 40 is slid forward with respect to the housing 21. At this time, since the through hole 47 of the case 41 is a long hole expanding rearward, even when the first supply tubes 48 are displaced rearward in the through hole 47, the first supply tubes 48 are unlikely to be in contact with a rear edge portion of the through hole 47. That is, it is possible to considerably slide the first liquid container unit 40 forward.
After the first liquid container unit 40 is slid forward to some extent, as illustrated in
Moreover, prior to the turning of the first liquid container unit 40, the first liquid container unit 40 is slid forward. That is, the first liquid container unit 40 is turned in a state where a turning axis of the first liquid container unit 40 is brought closer to the through hole 47 in the case 41 of the first liquid container unit 40. For this reason, when the first liquid container unit 40 is turned, the first supply tubes 48 are pulled out of the case 41 shorter than that when the turning axis is separated from the through hole 47. That is, the first supply tubes 48 may be required not to be bent much in the case 41.
Since the distance between the turning axis and the rear end of the first liquid container unit 40 is short, even when there is a small work space in the vicinity of an installation position of the recording apparatus 11, it is possible to suitably turn the first liquid container unit 40 with respect to the housing 21. Accordingly, a worker easily performs maintenance.
The first supply tubes 48 are bound with the clamp member 101 in the housing 21. When the first liquid container unit 40 is turned, it is possible to pull the first supply tubes 48 out of the housing 21 by detaching the first supply tubes 48 from the clamp member 101. Accordingly, it is possible to further increase the amount of turning of the first liquid container unit 40.
According to this embodiment, it is possible to obtain the following effects.
(1) The through hole 47 in the case 41 of the first liquid container unit 40 expands to be larger than the through hole 87 in the side wall portion 82B of the cover member 82 of the housing 21. For this reason, even when the first liquid container unit 40 turns or slides forward relative to the housing 21, the first supply tubes 48 are unlikely to be caught in the through hole 47. As a result, it is possible to increase the amount of displacement of the first liquid container unit 40 relative to the housing 21 in a state where the liquid container bodies 30 contained in the first liquid container unit 40 remain connected to the relay unit 22 inside the housing 21 via the first supply tubes 48. Accordingly, it is easy to ensure a large work space between the first liquid container unit 40 and the housing 21, and it is easy to perform maintenance on the recording apparatus 11. Accordingly, it is possible to improve maintainability by displacing the first liquid container unit 40 relative to the housing 21 in a state where the liquid container bodies 30 provided on the outer side of the housing 21 remain connected to the relay unit 22 inside the housing 21 via the first supply tubes 48.
(2) The through hole 47 in the case 41 of the first liquid container unit 40 is provided on the front side of the side wall formation member 44, and expands to the rear. For this reason, even when there is a small space in the vicinity of the installation position of the recording apparatus 11, it is possible to properly turn the first liquid container unit 40 with respect to the housing 21 by sliding the first liquid container unit 40 forward relative to the housing 21 and then turning the first liquid container unit 40 in such a manner that the rear portion of the first liquid container unit 40 is separated from the housing 21. Accordingly, it is possible to increase the amount of displacement of the first liquid container unit 40 relative to the housing 21 in a state where the liquid container bodies 30 remain connected to the relay unit 22 via the first supply tubes 48.
(3) While being bent, the first supply tubes 48 in the first liquid container unit 40 are retained with the retainers 49. For this reason, it is possible to pull the first supply tubes 48 (the first supply tubes 48 being bent inside the first liquid container unit 40) out of the first liquid container unit 40 by releasing the retaining of the first supply tubes 48 with the retainers 49. As a result, it is possible to easily displace the first liquid container unit 40 in a direction in which the first liquid container unit 40 is separated from the housing 21.
(4) The dividing member 103 divides the partial inner space of the housing 21 into the following regions: region in which the first supply tubes 48 extending from the first liquid container unit 40 are positioned: and region in which the second supply tubes 102 for connecting the relay unit 22 and the recording head 24 are positioned. Accordingly, it is possible to route the first supply tubes 48 inside the housing 21 without being disturbed by the second supply tubes 102. Accordingly, it is possible to suitably route the first supply tubes 48 and the second supply tubes 102 in the housing 21, through both of which ink in the liquid container bodies 30 provided on the outer side of the housing 21 is supplied to the recording head 24. In addition, when the second supply tubes 102 follow and are deformed in response to a movement of the carriage 23, it is possible to avoid interference between the first supply tubes 48 and the second supply tubes 102 which follows and are deformed in response thereto.
(5) The integrated cable 52 is guided into the housing 21 from the first liquid container unit 40, and is connected to the integrated circuit substrate 121 disposed in the vicinity of the relay unit 22. At this time, the integrated cable 52 is disposed in the dividing member 103. For this reason, it is possible to prevent interference between the integrated cable 52 and the first supply tubes 48 or between the integrated cable 52 and the second supply tubes 102 inside the housing 21.
(6) Specifically, the dividing member 103 is formed of the first dividing member 106 and the second dividing member 107, and the integrated cable 52 is disposed between the first dividing member 106 and the second dividing member 107. Since the dividing member 103 is formed of the first dividing member 106 and the second dividing member 107, it is possible to easily realize the configuration in which the integrated cable 52 is disposed in the dividing member 103.
(7) Each of the first dividing member 106 and the second dividing member 107 is made of metal. For this reason, it is possible to prevent electric noise from being superimposed on signals that flow through the integrated cable 52.
(8) The first dividing member 106 divides the partial inner space of the housing 21 into the region in which the second supply tubes 102 are positioned, and a region in which the integrated cable 52 is positioned. For this reason, even when the second supply tubes 102 follow and are deformed in response to a movement of the carriage 23 in the scanning direction X, it is possible to avoid interference between the second supply tubes 102 and the integrated cable 52 using the first dividing member 106.
Hereinafter, a second embodiment will be described with reference to
Similar to the recording apparatus 11 of the first embodiment, in the recording apparatus 11 of the embodiment, the liquid container units 40 and 60 are respectively attached to the opposite sides of the recording unit 20 in the scanning direction X. The first supply tubes 48 and 68 extend from the first liquid container unit 40 and the second liquid container unit 60, respectively, and the first supply tubes 48 and 68 are connected to the relay unit 22 inside the housing 21. Similarly, the integrated cable 52 extends from the first liquid container unit 40, and is connected to the integrated circuit substrate 121 that is disposed in the vicinity of the relay unit 22 inside the housing 21. The individual cable 70 extends from the second liquid container unit 60, and is connected to the relay circuit substrate 120 that is disposed in the vicinity of the relay unit 22 inside the housing 21.
The tunnel member 150 is supported by the housing frame 80, has a roof portion 151 that protrudes in the scanning direction X and a spacer portion 152 that protrudes forward from the roof portion 151. The roof portion 151 has an inverted U shape having an open lower side, and passes through the through hole 87 that is formed by the side wall portion 82B of the cover member 82 and the bottom wall member 81 (refer to
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According to the embodiment, it is possible to obtain the following effects in addition to the same effects disclosed in (1) to (3) of the first embodiment.
(9) When maintenance is performed on the recording apparatus 11, the cover member 82 is detached from the housing frame 80 in a state where the liquid container bodies 30 contained in the first liquid container unit 40 remain connected to the relay unit 22 via the first supply tubes 48. At this time, when the maintenance is completed, the cover member 82 is re-attached to the housing frame 80. In the embodiment, an upper side and sides of the first supply tubes 48 are covered with the tunnel member 150, the first supply tubes 48 coming out of the case 41 of the first liquid container unit 40 and extending toward the housing frame 80. For this reason, when the cover member 82 is assembled to the housing frame 80, it is possible to prevent interference between the cover member 82 and the first supply tubes 48 by virtue of the tunnel member 150. That is, it is possible to prevent the first supply tubes 48 from being damaged.
The following modifications may be made to the embodiments.
In the first embodiment, the first supply tube 48 connected to the foremost liquid container body 30 inside the first liquid container unit 40 makes one turn and comes out of the case 41 in such a manner that the first supply tubes 48 are considerably pulled out of the case 41 when the first liquid container unit 40 is separated from the housing 21. However, insofar as it is possible to considerably separate the first liquid container unit 40 from the housing 21 for the maintenance of the recording apparatus 11, the first supply tube 48 connected to the foremost liquid container body 30 inside the case 41 of the first liquid container unit 40 may not make one turn.
In the embodiments, insofar it is possible to pull the first supply tubes 48 out of the housing 21 when the first liquid container unit 40 is separated from the housing 21, the first supply tubes 48 inside the case 41 of the first liquid container unit 40 may not be retained while being bent.
In the embodiments, insofar it is possible to increase the amount of displacement of the first liquid container unit 40 relative to the housing 21 by expanding the through hole 47 in the side wall formation member 44 of the first liquid container unit 40 to be larger than the through hole 87 of the side wall portion 82B of the cover member 82, the through hole 47 may expand in an arbitrary direction. For example, the through hole 47 may expand forward further than the through hole 87 of the side wall portion 82B of the cover member 82, or the through hole 47 may expand in at least one of an upward direction and a downward direction.
In the embodiments, insofar as it is possible to guide the first supply tubes 48 into the housing 21, the first supply tubes 48 extending from the first liquid container unit 40, the through hole 87 of the side wall portion 82B of the cover member 82 may be provided at any one of arbitrary positions (for example, the longitudinal center of the side wall portion 82B) other than the front portion of the side wall portion 82B.
In the embodiments, the through hole 87 of the side wall portion 82B of the cover member 82 may expand to be larger than the through hole 47 in the side wall formation member 44 of the first liquid container unit 40. When the weight of the first liquid container unit 40 is heavier than that of the recording unit 20, the recording unit 20 may be deformed. In this case, due to the expansion of the through hole 87, the first supply tubes 48 are unlikely to be caught in the circumferential edge of the through hole 87. For this reason, it is possible to displace the recording unit 20 relative to the first liquid container unit 40.
In the embodiments, the through hole 67 in the side wall formation member 64 of the second liquid container unit 60 may expand to be larger than the through hole 97 that is provided in the side wall of the housing 21 which faces the second liquid container unit 60. In this configuration, it is possible to increase the amount of displacement of the second liquid container unit 60 relative to the housing 21 in a state where the liquid container body 30 contained in the second liquid container unit 60 remain connected to the relay unit 22 via the first supply tube 68. As a result, it is possible to easily perform maintenance in a state where the second liquid container unit 60 is detached from the housing 21.
In the embodiments, the relay unit 22 may be disposed at any one of arbitrary positions inside the housing 21, other than the end portion close to the second liquid container unit 60 in the scanning direction X. For example, the relay unit 22 may be disposed at the center of the scanning direction X, or may be disposed closer to the first liquid container unit 40 from the center.
In the first embodiment, at least one of the first dividing member 106 and the second dividing member 107 may be made of another material than metal. In this case, it is possible to obtain the same effects disclosed in (5) and (6).
In the first embodiment, the integrated cable 52 guided into the housing 21 from the first liquid container unit 40 may not be disposed between the first supply tubes 48 and the second supply tubes 102. For example, the integrated cable 52 may be disposed below the first supply tubes 48, that is, below the space formation member 105. Also, in this case, similar to the first embodiment, it is possible to prevent interference between the integrated cable 52 and the second supply tubes 102 that are deformed in response to a movement of the carriage 23.
In the first embodiment, another dividing member than the dividing member 103 may be provided below the first supply tubes 48. In this case, the integrated cable 52 may be provided in a region below the other dividing member, and the first supply tubes 48 and the second supply tubes 102 may be provided in a region above the other dividing member.
In the first embodiment, another dividing member than the dividing member 103 may be provided below the second supply tubes 102. In this case, the integrated cable 52 may be provided in a region above the other dividing member, and the first supply tubes 48 and the second supply tubes 102 may be provided in a region below the other dividing member.
In the first embodiment, electrical wires other than the integrated cable 52 may be positioned on an opposite side of the region in which the second supply tubes 102 are positioned, while the first dividing member 106 is interposed between the other electrical wires and the region in which the second supply tubes 102 are positioned. For example, the other electrical wires may be electrical wires that are connected to various sensors inside the housing 21, or may be electrical wires that are connected to various actuators (for example, a drive source of a suction pump) inside the housing 21.
In the first embodiment, as illustrated in
In the first embodiment, the first supply tubes 48 may be disposed in the region above the dividing member 103, and the second supply tubes 102 may be disposed in the region below the dividing member 103.
In the first embodiment, the retainer members may not be provided, through which the housing frame 80 supports the second supply tubes 102 between the relay unit 22 and the recording head 24. In this case, the entirety of the second supply tubes 102 are equivalent to portions that follow and are deformed in response to a movement of the carriage 23 in the scanning direction X.
In the embodiments, the relay unit 22 may not be provided. In this case, the first supply tubes 48 and 68 connected to the liquid container bodies 30 are directly connected to the recording head 24. In this case, the first supply tubes 48 are routed inside the housing 21 as follows.
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In this case, the dividing member 103 prevents interference between a portion of the first supply tube 48 which follows and is deformed in response to a movement of the carriage 23 in the scanning direction X, and other portions of the first supply tube 48. That is, the first supply tubes 48 for supplying ink in the liquid container bodies 30 of the first liquid container unit 40 to the recording head 24 are properly routed inside the housing 21, and thereby when the carriage 23 moves, it is possible to properly deform a part of the first supply tube 48.
In the embodiments, the recording apparatus may be a full line type recording apparatus in which a plurality of the recording heads 24 are disposed along the lateral direction of the paper P, or a recording head having a long length in the lateral direction of the paper P is used.
In the embodiments, the first liquid container unit 40 may be configured such that the number of liquid container bodies 30 is another arbitrary number (for example, one or four) than three, which can be contained therein.
In the embodiments, the liquid container body 30 contained in the case 41 may be a refillable liquid container body.
In the first embodiment, the liquid container body 30 may not be contained inside the cases 41 and 61 attached to the housing 21. In this case, the liquid container body 30 may not have a bag shape, and instead, the liquid container body 30 may have a box shape.
In the embodiments, a recording medium may be not only the paper P but also a cloth, a plastic film, or the like.
In the embodiments, the recording apparatus may be a liquid ejecting apparatus that records an image or the like on a recording medium by ejecting or discharging liquid other than ink. For example, the recording apparatus may be a liquid ejecting apparatus that records an image or the like on a recording medium by ejecting liquid which contains a material (for example, an electrode material or a coloring material (pixel material) used in manufacturing a liquid crystal display, an electroluminescence (EL) display, a surface-emitting display, or the like) in the form of dispersion or dissolving. The recording apparatus may be a fluid ejecting apparatus that ejects a fluid such as gel (for example, physical gel).
The entire disclosure of Japanese Patent Application No.:2014-051285, filed Mar. 14, 2014 is expressly incorporated by reference herein.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2014-051285 | Mar 2014 | JP | national |