Patent ID: 7063468
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink-jet printer comprising: a carriage, which is rotatably installed on a guide shaft and includes a stacking portion on which an ink cartridge is stacked, and a balancing portion installed on a side opposite to the stacking portion, so as to move in a straight reciprocating motion along the guide shaft; and a head gap adjusting apparatus, which is rotatably installed in the balancing portion and adjusts a head gap by rotating the carriage centering on the guide shaft according to a thickness of a printing medium; wherein the head gap adjusting apparatus comprises: a body; a cam portion, which is provided on one end of the body and in which a cam radius having a predetermined shape is formed; a guide portion, which is provided on the other end of the body and is bent at a predetermined angle; a support portion, which is provided on a side opposite to a surface in which the guide portion is formed while protruding from the body; and an elastic unit which supports the head gap adjusting apparatus, one end of the elastic unit being supported by the carriage and the other end thereof being supported by the support portion.