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

Claim 16:
17. 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, and
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, wherein
when a normal direction with respect to a mounting surface on which the recording device is mounted is set to a device height direction, a path during recording, which is a path section facing the recording portion in the transportation path, is inclined with respect to the device height direction.