Patent ID: 9446597
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A liquid ejection apparatus comprising: a carriage configured to reciprocate in a scanning direction; a liquid ejection head mounted in the carriage; a flexible member connected to the liquid ejection head; a hold member configured to hold the flexible member; a structural member arranged along a virtual plane, the virtual plane parallel to a virtual line extending in the scanning direction, the structural member arranged to be offset in a direction parallel to the virtual plane and perpendicular to the scanning direction from the carriage, the structural member including an edge portion, a first side proximate the flexible member and the hold member in a direction perpendicular to the virtual plane, and a second side opposite to the first side in the direction perpendicular to the virtual plane; a control circuit board mounted on the second side of the structural member; wherein one of the hold member and the flexible member comprises a proximal portion nearest to the first side of the structural member in the direction perpendicular to the virtual plane; the proximal portion is movable between first and second positions as the carriage reciprocates in the scanning direction, wherein in the first position, the structural member overlaps the proximal portion in a direction perpendicular to the virtual plane and in the second position the structural member does not overlap the proximal portion in the direction perpendicular to the virtual plane; and a cover plate provided between the first side of the structural member and the proximal portion, wherein at least a portion of the cover plate overlaps the edge portion in the direction perpendicular to the virtual plane, wherein the cover plate overlaps the proximal portion in the direction perpendicular to the virtual plane in the first and second positions, and wherein a part of the cover plate is nearer to the carriage in the direction parallel to the virtual plane and perpendicular to the scanning direction than the structural member.