Patent ID: 9056509
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a transporting section configured to transport a recording medium in a first direction; a recording head configured to record an image on the recording medium; a carriage movable in a second direction that intersects the first direction and holding the recording head; a first guide member guiding movement of the carriage in the second direction; a second guide member disposed away from the first guide member in the first direction, and guiding the movement of the carriage in the second direction; a first movable member movable in the second direction along with the carriage; a second movable member disposed away from the first movable member in the first direction, and movable in the second direction along with the carriage; and a driving section configured to drive the carriage between a position where the recording head records the image onto the recording medium and a position where the recording head is separate from a path over which the transporting section transports the recording medium in the second direction by moving the first movable member and the second movable member in the second direction, the driving section moving the first movable member and the second movable member in the second direction in synchronization.