Patent ID: 11964487
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An image recording apparatus comprising:
a carriage movable in a first direction;
a head mounted on the carriage and having a nozzle surface formed with nozzles to eject liquid through the nozzles;
a plate assembly movable in the first direction and including a first abutment portion, the carriage being movable in the first direction toward the first abutment portion to abut in the first direction on the first abutment portion;
a cap unit mounted on the plate assembly and movable relative to the plate assembly in the first direction, the cap unit including a cap configured to cover the nozzle surface, the cap unit being also movable toward and away from the head in a second direction crossing the first direction to cover and uncover the nozzle surface, the cap unit including a second abutment portion, the head being configured to abut, in the first direction, on the second abutment portion in accordance with movement of the carriage in the first direction toward the first abutment portion;
a first guide portion configured to guide the plate assembly the first direction toward the first abutment portion; and
a second guide portion configured to guide the plate assembly or the cap unit in the second direction to move the cap unit toward the head in accordance with movement of the plate assembly in the first direction.