Patent ID: 6273546
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A capping unit comprising:a cap holder receiving member which is pressed by a recording head or a carriage for carrying the recording head, a central portion of the cap holder receiving member is rotatably supported by a shaft perpendicularly intersecting a moving direction of the carriage within a plane in parallel to a plane including the moving direction of the carriage;first and second cap holders each of which is urged toward the recording head by springs which are brought into contact with the cap holder receiving member at two places in the moving direction of the carriage and supported by the cap holder receiving member, said first and second cap holders having one point on a center line on a first end side of said first and second cap holders as a first contact point and two points holding the center line therebetween as second and third contact points on a second side of said first and second cap holders, wherein said third contact point is positioned higher on said first and second cap holders than said second contact point in a direction toward said recording head so that a distance from said second contact point to a surface of the recording head is greater than a distance from said third contact point to said surface of the recording head; andfirst and second caps respectively held by the first and second cap holders.