| US 7,510,263 B2 | ||
| Image forming apparatus | ||
| Masatoshi Sakakitani, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 22, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/209,498. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-260667 (JP), filed on Sep. 08, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0050104 A1, Mar. 09, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 347—29 [347/22] | 6 Claims |
| 1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a carriage on which a recording head that ejects recording liquid is mounted;
a side plate;
a guide rod attached at an end to the side plate and adapted to guide the carriage in a main scanning direction; and
a maintenance recovery mechanism disposed at an end side of a scanning area of the carriage and adapted to maintain a condition
or the recording head, the maintenance recovery mechanism including a frame;
wherein an opening larger than an outline of the frame of the maintenance recovery mechanism is formed in the side plate such
that the maintenance recovery mechanism is removed through the opening,
the frame of the maintenance recovery mechanism is detachably secured to the side plate at an upper side of the opening, and
a plurality of flange sections are formed integrally on an upper side of the frame of the maintenance recovery mechanism and
are secured to an outer face of the side plate.
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