An ink jet recording apparatus

摘要

A carriage mechanism for carrying a recording head includes a carriage (203) for carrying the recording head (200); a flexible cable (211) for supplying a recording signal to the recording head (200); a head contact for establishing electric connection between the recording head (200) and the carriage (203); a flexible cable pad (212) on the flexible cable (211) for contact with the head contact; and a common positioning portion engageable with the recording head, the flexible cable, the head contact and the flexible cable pad to simultaneously positioning them.