Patent ID: 6309045
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A carriage of an ink jet recording device, the carriage transporting a print head and an ink cartridge reciprocally within a recording region, the carriage comprising:an accommodation portion having confronting first and second side walls for accommodating the ink cartridge therebetween;a lever member pivotably attached to the first wall and pivoting in an engagement direction into releasable engagement with the second wall;a detection switch for, when switched, indicating that the ink cartridge is accommodated in the accommodation portion;a switching member for switching the detection switch; andan abutment member for, when the lever member pivots a predetermined amount in the engagement direction, abutting against the ink cartridge accommodated between the first and second side walls, pivoting movement of the lever member in the engagement direction beyond the predetermined amount being transmitted to the abutment member by abutment between the abutment member and the ink cartridge, the abutment member being in an interlocking condition with the switching member so that pivoting movement transmitted to the abutment member is transmitted to the switching member to switch the detection switch.