Patent ID: 6102519
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An image recording device for recording an image, the device comprising:a frame body;an image recording medium feed unit fixedly secured to the frame body for feeding an image recording medium in a recording medium feeding direction;a recording head capable of recording an image onto the image recording medium fed by the image recording medium feed unit;a carriage provided movable with respect to the frame body, the carriage mounting thereon the recording head and scanning the recording head in a scanning direction relative to the image recording medium fed by the image recording medium feed unit, the scanning direction being different from the recording medium feeding direction;a supporting member attached to the frame body and elongated in the scanning direction;an elongated slit member attached to the supporting member so that the slit member is elongated in the scanning direction, the slit member being formed with a plurality of slits arranged in the scanning direction;an encoder, mounted on the carriage, for counting the slits formed on the slit member while the carriage moves in the scanning direction; andan adjustment unit for adjusting a position, at which the supporting member is attached to the frame body, thereby adjusting an amount of a gap provided between the encoder and the slit member.