Patent ID: 7775629

Claim:
An image recording apparatus, comprising: a recording head that records an image on a recording medium by ejecting ink droplets; a carriage that reciprocates in a direction intersecting a recording medium conveying direction, the recording head being mounted on the carriage; a conductive cable having flexibility to follow a reciprocating movement of the carriage and to change a shape thereof, the conductive cable being fixed to the carriage at one end thereof and to an apparatus body at the other end thereof, the conductive cable being routed to form a curved portion that turns around in a direction in which the carriage reciprocates, the conductive cable being adapted to transmit a recording signal to the recording head; an ink supply tube having flexibility to follow the reciprocating movement of the carriage and to change a shape thereof, the ink supply tube being fixed to the carriage at one end thereof and to the apparatus body at the other end thereof, the ink supply tube being routed in substantially a same direction as that, in which the conductive cable is routed, to form a curved portion that turns around in the direction in which the carriage reciprocates, the ink supply tube being adapted to supply ink to the recording head; and a turn supporting member including an arm, a carrying portion provided on the arm, and a holding portion provided on the arm, the holding portion being adapted to slidably hold a predetermined part of the ink tube, the flat cable being slidably supported on the carrying portion, the arm being turnably and axially supported on a turn supporting point on the apparatus body located at an inner part of the curved portion of each of the flat cable and the ink tube, the arm being led from the turn supporting point in a substantially horizontal direction.