Patent ID: 6926383

Claim:
A carrier locking apparatus of an inkjet printer including a reciprocally moving carrier, carrying an ink cartridge, a parking unit provided at a home position of the carrier, the carrier locking apparatus comprising: a latch groove provided at a predetermined location on the carrier; a locking lever, which is installed at the parking unit, having a first end provided with a latch, and a second end provided with a pivoting lever; and a toggle spring joined to the second end of the locking lever to apply an elastic force to the locking lever to selectively maintain each of two pivoted states of the locking lever, wherein when the carrier moves to the home position, the carrier pushes the pivoting lever and pivots the locking lever in a first direction, to insert the latch into the latch groove to lock the carrier, and when the carrier moves from the home position, the locking lever pivots in a direction opposite to the first position and disengages the latch from the latch groove to unlock the carrier.