Patent ID: 8911058
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a carriage that includes a recording head which performs recording on a medium and is movable in a scanning direction of the recording head; a first sliding portion that is provided so as to be able to displace a relative position to a main body of the carriage in a direction in which a gap between the recording head and the medium changes and moves in the scanning direction together with the carriage; a guide member with which the first sliding portion makes contact and that receives a weight of the carriage through the first sliding portion and is provided so as to extend in the scanning direction, wherein the guide member includes a sliding surface that faces to the first sliding portion in a vertical direction; a gap adjusting unit that adjusts the gap by adjusting a position of the main body of the carriage relative to the first sliding portion, and a second sliding portion that is biased toward the guide member by a biasing member provided at a side of the main body of the carriage and makes slide contact with the guide member at the side opposite to a side with which the first sliding portion makes contact, wherein the biasing member biases the second sliding portion in the vertical direction, wherein the second sliding portion, the guide member, and the biasing member are made of metal materials and make electrical contact with one another, and the recording head makes electrical contact with the biasing member so that the biasing member, the second sliding portion, and the guide member constitute a grounding unit which grounds the recording head.