Patent ID: 7753500
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an engine unit provided in an apparatus main body including a carriage on which is mounted a recording head configured to jet a liquid drop of recording liquid, and a sub tank provided in or at the carriage together with the recording head and configured to supply liquid to the recording head, the carriage being movable along a front and rear direction of the apparatus main body; an operation part provided at a front side of the apparatus main body and arranged above the engine unit, the operation part being configured to supply a designated instruction to the apparatus main body and display designated information; and a keeping and recovering mechanism configured to keep an operating state of the recording head of the engine unit, the keeping and recovering mechanism being provided at a rear side of the apparatus main body which is an opposite side of the operation part in the apparatus main body; an encoder wheel provided at the front side of the apparatus main body and configured to detect a moving amount of the recording medium conveyed in a direction substantially perpendicular to the front and rear direction of the apparatus main body; and a cartridge receiving part arranged at the front side of the apparatus main body, the cartridge receiving part being connected to the sub tank of the engine unit by a liquid supply tube and being configured to detachably install a recording liquid cartridge and to supply recording liquid in the recording liquid cartridge to the sub tank through the liquid supply tube, wherein both of the removal direction of the recording liquid cartridge from the cartridge receiving part and the removal direction of the engine unit from the engine unit receiving part are the direction toward the front side of the apparatus main body.