Patent ID: 7540587
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A guiding device that guides, in a main body of a liquid ejection apparatus having a carriage that reciprocates in a direction of reciprocation along a left-right direction relative to the main body, the carriage having an upper surface, a flexible passage forming member having a passage therein in a predetermined routing direction while curving the passage forming member, comprising: a holding member, the holding member being engaged with a curved section of the passage forming member, and holding the curved section in an undeformable manner in the apparatus main body, wherein the holding member guides the passage forming member in the routing direction, wherein the holding member, when installed, is supported by the carriage, and wherein the holding member curves the passage forming member upward from a front-rear direction so that the passage forming member, when installed, is directed toward the upper surface of the carriage.