Patent ID: 7631965

Claim:
An image-recording device for recording an image on a recording medium conveyed in a feeding direction, the device comprising: a recording head that ejects ink droplets onto the recording medium; a carriage supporting the recording head and reciprocally movable along a linear moving direction orthogonal to the feeding direction, the carriage having an end portion in the feeding direction; a guide rail extending in the linear moving direction and supporting at least the end portion of the carriage for guiding the carriage in the linear moving direction; a flat cable transmitting a recording signal to the carriage and having a first part led from the end portion of the carriage and directing in a first direction in parallel with the linear moving direction, a curved part extending from the first part for inverting orientation, and a second part extending from the curved part and directed to a second direction opposite to the first direction, a length of the first part and the second part being changeable depending on the movement of the carriage in the linear moving direction; a base positioned below the second part of the flat cable and covering a movable region of the flat cable; a fixing part provided on the base for securing the second part to the base; a top cover positioned above the first part of the flat cable and covering the movable region; and, a fixing member that fixes an end portion of the first part of the flat cable to the end portion of the carriage so as to extend the end portion of the first part toward the top cover obliquely upward to provide an upwardly oriented part that extends from the carriage at a prescribed angle with respect to a horizontal plane configured to permit at least a boundary portion between the first part and the curved part to be in continuous contact with the top cover while the carriage moves within a region for recording images on the recording medium.