Patent ID: 9108415
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image recording device, comprising: a support member having a support surface configured and arranged to support a recording medium that is conveyed in a conveyance direction; a print head configured and arranged to eject a liquid from a nozzle to record an image on the recording medium on the support surface of the support member, at an image recording position facing the support surface of the support member; a maintenance unit configured and arranged to execute a first maintenance on the print head; a first guide mechanism configured and arranged to guide movement of the print head between the image recording position and a maintenance-receiving position, which is a position different from that of the support member in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction in which the print head at the image recording position and the support surface of the support member face each other; and a second guide mechanism configured and arranged to guide movement of the maintenance unit between a withdrawn position for separating away from the print head in a third direction, which is a direction orthogonal to the second direction, in relation to the print head at the maintenance-receiving position, and a maintenance position for drawing nearer to the print head than the withdrawn position; the maintenance unit facing the print head at the maintenance-receiving position and being able to execute the first maintenance on the print head, and when the maintenance unit is at the withdrawn position, there existing between the print head at the maintenance-receiving position and the maintenance unit a space allowing for a worker to insert a hand between the print head and the maintenance unit to manually perform a second maintenance on the print head, and a surface of the maintenance unit facing the print head when the maintenance unit is at the withdrawn position being disposed farther away from the print head in the third direction than a portion of the support surface of the support member that is disposed closest to the print head.