Patent ID: 7175265
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A flexible beltlike member holding apparatus operable to hold a flexible beltlike member in a carriage of a recording apparatus, the recording apparatus comprising: an ink jet recording head provided in the carriage reciprocating along a main scanning direction; an ink cartridge provided independently of the carriage; and a flexible beltlike member in which an ink channel, which interconnects the ink jet recording head and the ink cartridge, is provided, wherein a turn unit is formed in the flexible beltlike member, wherein the turn unit is in U shape seen from top, and the flexible beltlike member holding apparatus comprises a position change unit operable to change position of the flexible beltlike member from a horizontal position to a vertical position by making the flexible beltlike member extend from the carriage in a substantially horizontal position, by bending the turn unit at center of the U-shape to form at least one bend and by maintaining the bend so that a side extending from the bend to the ink cartridge is perpendicular to a side extending to the carriage.