Patent ID: 11890865
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. A printing apparatus, comprising:
a movable assembly configured to move a table in a first direction, the movable assembly comprising:
a first link member including a first elongated member and a second elongated member coupled in an X formation pivotably with respect to each other, the first link member being expandable and contractable in the first direction;
a second link member including a third elongated member and a fourth elongated member coupled in the X formation pivotably with respect to each other, the second link member being expandable and contractable in the first direction, the third elongated member being arranged to face the first elongated member in a second direction, the second direction intersecting with the first direction, the fourth elongated member being arranged to face the second elongated member in the second direction;
a first frame member, on which one end, in the first direction, of the first link member and one end, in the first direction, of the second link member are located;
a second frame member, on which the other end, in the first direction, of the first link member and the other end, in the first direction, of the second link member are located, the second frame member supporting the table thereon, the table being positioned opposite to the first frame member with respect to the second frame member in the first direction, the second frame member including an engagement part; and
a rotatable member being a threaded rod, the rotatable member being engaged with the engagement part, the rotatable member being configured to move the second frame member and the table in the first direction by its rotation; and

a head configured to discharge ink at a printable object placed on the table in the movable assembly,
wherein the first frame member includes:
a first supporting portion supporting one end, in a third direction, of the first elongated member in the first link member and one end, in the third direction, of the third elongated member in the second link member rotatably, the third direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction; and
a first guiding portion supporting one end, in the third direction, of the second elongated member in the first link member and one end, in the third direction, of the fourth elongated member in the second link member movably in the third direction,

wherein the second frame member includes:
a second supporting portion supporting the other end, in the third direction, of the second elongated member in the first link member and the other end, in the third direction, of the fourth elongated member in the second link member rotatably; and
a second guiding portion supporting the other end, in the third direction, of the first elongated member in the first link member and the other end, in the third direction, of the third elongated member in the second link member movably in the third direction.