Patent ID: 9340017
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a carriage that performs reciprocating movement, mounted with a print head that ejects ink; a rectifying member, extending from the carriage in a movement direction of the carriage, that rectifies air flowing under the print head when the carriage moves, wherein the rectifying member can be toggled between a rectifying state and a retracted state, wherein the rectifying member is provided on both sides of the carriage with respect to the movement direction, and the rectifying member is a planar member rotatably supported on the carriage freely; and a mechanism that keeps the rectifying member in the retracted state while the carriage moves, and the rectifying member is toggled by a movement of the carriage, wherein, when the carriage approaches an end, the rectifying member in the rectifying state rotates while the rectifying member abuts a stationary part of the apparatus and is toggled to the retracted state, and wherein the mechanism includes a magnet catch, and the rectifying member toggled to the retracted state is held by a magnetic force.