Patent ID: 6050673
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A recording apparatus for recording with a recording head moving along a recording medium, said recording apparatus comprising:a carrier for moving said recording head along the recording medium;a guide shaft member having on a periphery thereof a helical groove for guiding said carrier along the recording medium;a sliding member provided on said carrier to engage with said helical groove to slide;a motor for rotating said guide shaft member to move said carrier along the recording medium; andcarrier movement limiting means for inhibiting movement of said carrier by maintaining said motor in a condition excited at a predetermined phase, wherein a force on said guide shaft member applied by said motor when maintained by said limiting means in the condition excited at the predetermined phase is less than an opposite force applied by said sliding member to said guide shaft member due to an external force applied to said carrier sufficient to move said sliding member from said helical groove.