| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hold an ink tube stably for the following deformation of the ink tube. <P>SOLUTION: This ink supply device includes: an ink tank 51 provided at the exterior of a carriage 41, and supplying ink to a head unit 42; four ink tubes 52 connecting the ink tank 51 and the head unit 42, and configured to deform following the reciprocation motion of the carriage 41; and a guide unit 114 for curving the four ink tubes 52 at the movable side edge portion of the following deformation and guiding the tubes to the head unit 42. The guide unit 114 is arranged at the carriage 41, and includes a guide body 128 having a guide groove 127 for curving the four ink tubes 52 in the same plane, and tube holders 129, 130 for holding the four ink tubes 52. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
