Patent ID: 8714699
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a carriage movable in a main scanning direction; a first recording head mounted on the carriage, the first recording head having nozzles in a nozzle face thereof to eject liquid droplets; a second recording head mounted on the carriage, the second recording head having nozzles in a nozzle face thereof to eject liquid droplets, the second recording head displaced from the first recording head on the carriage in a sub scanning direction perpendicular to the main scanning direction; and a maintenance assembly to maintain and recover the first recording head and the second recording head, wherein the maintenance assembly includes a frame member, a first maintenance device, and a second maintenance device, the frame member has a guide portion, a first contact portion, and a second contact portion, the first maintenance device is held by the frame member, the second maintenance device is reciprocally movable along the guide portion of the frame member in the sub scanning direction between a first position to oppose the first recording head and a second position to oppose the second recording head, and the second maintenance device stops at the first position in contact with the first contact portion and at the second position in contact with the second contact portion.