Patent ID: 11884085
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. A recording device comprising:
a transportation path that transports a medium;
a recording portion configured to move with respect to the transportation path in a direction intersecting with a recording surface of the medium;
a moving mechanism that moves the recording portion; and
a motor that causes the recording portion to move by transferring power to the moving mechanism, wherein the moving mechanism includes
a first member on which a first rack is formed in a moving direction of the recording portion,
a first pinion gear that is engaged with the first rack,
a second rack that is provided at a position facing the first rack in the recording portion, formed in the moving direction of the recording portion, and engaged with the first pinion gear,
a second member in which the first pinion gear is rotatably provided that is configured to move in the moving direction by receiving the power of the motor,
at least one third rack that is formed in the moving direction in the second member, and
at least one second pinion gear that rotates by the power of the motor and is engaged with the at least one third rack.