RECORDING APPARATUS

Organization Name

seiko epson corporation

Inventor(s)

Masaki Shimomura of MATSUMOTO-SHI (JP)

Takuto Tanaka of SHIOJIRI-SHI (JP)

Takeshi Aoki of Matsumoto-shi (JP)

Yusaku Amano of Matsumoto-shi (JP)

RECORDING APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240424793 titled 'RECORDING APPARATUS

Original Abstract Submitted

a printer includes a line head, a transport unit, a head moving unit, a maintenance unit, a lid unit, and a rotation mechanism portion. the head moving unit moves the line head to a retreat position and a recording position along a b direction. the maintenance unit includes a cap portion configured to cover the nozzles, is formed with an opening, and is movable in a transport direction of a medium. a lid unit is rotatable about a rotation axis, and closes the opening in a closed posture. when the head moving unit moves the line head from the recording position to the retreat position, the rotation mechanism portion rotates the lid unit so that a posture of the lid unit becomes the closed posture.