IP Library Granted Patent US 8,147,061
Granted Patent B2
US 8,147,061 · App. 12/500,332 · Granted Apr 3, 2012

Recording apparatus

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,147,061
App. No.
12/500,332
Granted
Apr 3, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A recording apparatus includes: a housing which constitutes an appearance of a recording apparatus body; and an electronic substrate which is vertically disposed along an inner side surface of the housing. Here, an air supply hole and an air exhaust hole are formed on a side surface portion of the housing corresponding to a lower portion and an upper portion of the electronic substrate so that an air-flow path for external air is formed in an installation region in which the electronic substrate is provided.

Claims (14)

1. A recording apparatus comprising:

a housing which constitutes an appearance of a recording apparatus body; and

an electronic substrate which is vertically disposed along an inner side surface of the housing,

wherein an air supply hole and an air exhaust hole are formed on a side surface portion of the housing corresponding to a lower portion and an upper portion of the electronic substrate so that an air-flow path for external air is formed in an installation region in which the electronic substrate is provided,

wherein a recording execution region used by a recording head is provided in a region disposed on a side of the installation region in the housing, and a shield member is provided in a boundary between the installation region and the recording execution region to protect the electronic substrate, and

wherein the lower regions of the installation region and the recording execution region are partitioned by the shield member.

2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a communication space is provided above the shield member so that the upper regions of the installation region and the recording execution region are connected for communication.

3. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the air supply hole is formed on a lower corner portion of the housing which is formed so as to extend from the side surface portion to the bottom surface portion of the housing.

4. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the air supply hole and the air exhaust hole are formed in a slit shape which extends in a vertical direction of the housing.

5. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein there is a space under the electric substrate.

6. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein electric components are mounted on the electric substrate ipsilateral to the shield member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2009
From: UTSUGI, YASUSHI; MIYAUCHI, HIROTO; MATSUI, YUTAKA; MIZUMOTO, TAKASHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022935/0833 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-180263 · Jul 10, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100007709A1 · Jan 14, 2010