RECORDING APPARATUS

摘要

There is provided a recording apparatus including a recording head which performs recording on a recording medium, a support section which is displaced between a support position which faces the recording head and supports the recording medium, and a position which is retreated from the support position, a capping unit which carries out maintenance on the recording head at a facing position which faces the recording head by switching the support section, and a movement mechanism which moves the capping unit between the facing position and the position which is retreated from the facing position, and when the capping unit comes close to the facing position, or separates from the facing position, the movement mechanism moves the capping unit in a direction which is orthogonal to a head surface of the recording head.

主权项

1. A recording apparatus comprising:
a recording head which performs recording on a recording medium; a support section which is displaced between a support position which faces the recording head and supports the recording medium and a position which is retreated from the support position; a maintenance unit which carries out maintenance on the recording head at a facing position which faces the recording head by switching the support section; and a movement mechanism which moves the maintenance unit between the facing position and the position which is retreated from the facing position in a transport direction of the recording medium, wherein the movement mechanism includes
a movable carriage which moves in the transport direction at a position below the maintenance unit in the vertical direction,a guide member which is provided with a guide groove that extends in the transport direction, anda link member which has a guided section that is guided by the guide groove, of which one side is rotatably linked to the movable carriage, and of which the other side is rotatably linked to the maintenance unit, and accompanying movement in the transport direction of the movable carriage, when the maintenance unit comes close to the facing position, or separates from the facing position, by the link member rotating using the guided section as a support point, the amount of movement in the one direction in the transport direction of the maintenance unit is offset by the amount of movement in the other direction in the transport direction of the guided section.