Patent ID: 9713930
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a recording head configured to record an image onto a recording medium conveyed in a conveyance direction by ejecting ink droplets from nozzles; a carriage configured to support the recording head and move in a width direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction; a maintenance unit disposed within a movable range of the carriage and configured to perform maintenance of the recording head in a state where the maintenance unit faces the recording head; a base unit having a one-piece structure made of resin and including a wall portion, the base unit configured to support the maintenance unit, the base unit further including a plurality of gear shafts integral with and extending from the wall portion in a shaft extending direction such that the plurality of gear shafts do not move independently of the wall portion, and wherein the plurality of gear shafts protrude from the wall portion of the base unit in the width direction:, a plurality of transmission gears disposed on the plurality of gear shafts, respectively, each of the plurality of transmission gears configured to engage at least one other transmission gear of the plurality of transmission gears; and a sliding gear rotatably disposed on the base unit and configured to be movable between a first position and a second position in the width direction, wherein, when the sliding gear is located at the first position, the sliding gear engages one transmission gear of the plurality of transmission gears, and when the sliding gear is located at the second position, the sliding gear does not engage any of the plurality of transmission gears, wherein the sliding gear moves from the first position to the second position in a sliding direction opposite to the shaft extending direction.