IP Library Granted Patent US 10,427,428
Granted Patent B2
US 10,427,428 · App. 16/226,919 · Granted Oct 1, 2019

Ink-jet recording apparatus

Inventor: Noriyuki Kawamata (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
B41J11/14B41J2/01B41J11/0035B41J11/04B41J11/20B41J11/00B41J11/02
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Patent No.
US 10,427,428
App. No.
16/226,919
Granted
Oct 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a transporting roller; a driven roller provided opposite the transporting roller to sandwich the recording medium between the driven roller and the transporting roller, while moving in an approaching-departing direction based on a thickness of the recording medium; a first biasing member biasing the driven roller to the transporting roller; a platen; a recording portion configured to jet ink droplets from nozzles; and a cooperative portion moving along with the movement of the driven roller in the approaching-departing direction to move the platen.

Claims (13)

1. An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising:

a transporting roller;

a driven roller facing the transporting roller to sandwich a recording medium between the driven roller and the transporting roller and to transport the recording medium in a transporting direction,

a roller holder rotatably supporting the driven roller and configured to move in an approaching-departing direction, along which the driven roller approaches and departs from the transporting roller, based on a thickness of the recording medium sandwiched between the driven roller and the transporting roller;

a first biasing member biasing the roller holder toward the transporting roller;

a recording portion including a nozzle which eject ink droplets;

a guide rail supporting the recording portion;

a first contact surface provided at a member attached to the guide rail and configured to contact a first surface of the recording medium; and

a second contact surface located below the first contact surface and configured to contact a second surface of the recording medium,

wherein the roller holder is configured to, when moving away from the transporting roller, move the second contact surface away from the first contact surface.

2. The ink-jet recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the nozzle is located downstream of a sandwich point between the driven roller and the transporting roller in the transporting direction.

3. The ink-jet recording apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the nozzle is located downstream of the first contact surface in the transporting direction.

4. The ink-jet recording apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the first contact surface is located between the sandwich point and the nozzle in the transporting direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2018
From: KAWAMATA, NORIYUKI
To: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-259604 · Nov 28, 2011 · national
Continuity (7)
Continuation 15696799 · Sep 6, 2017
Continuation 15210284 · Jul 14, 2016
Continuation 14886384 · Oct 19, 2015
Continuation 14598382 · Jan 16, 2015
Continuation 14305576 · Jun 16, 2014
Continuation 13629906 · Sep 28, 2012
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