Liquid ejecting apparatus and liquid container holder thereof

Abstract

A liquid ejecting apparatus of the present invention has a translationally movable member configured to be connected to a liquid container inserted in a container mounting unit, in link motion with a straight operation of the liquid container when inserting a liquid feed needle through a liquid feed port of the liquid container, translationally advance in the direction parallel with the straight operation, an apparatus side fixing structure for releasably restricting the movement of the liquid container in the mounting state in the pull-out direction, having a stopper pin to be stopped in a guide groove of a container side fixing structure formed in the liquid container, and apparatus side positioning structures installed in the translationally movable member, in cooperation with a container side positioning structure formed in the liquid container, for positioning the liquid container in a predetermined position to the translationally movable member. The liquid ejecting apparatus capable of connecting the liquid container to the translationally movable member arranged in the container mounting unit with high positioning precision is provided.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a liquid ejecting device including a container mounting portion (liquid container seat) for detachably mounting a liquid container in which liquid is stored. Background technique [0002] As a representative example of a conventional liquid ejecting device, there is an ink jet recording device having an ink jet recording head for image recording. As other liquid jetting devices, for example, a device having a colorant ejection head for manufacturing a color filter such as a liquid crystal display; having an electrode material ( Conductive glue) nozzle; device with bioorganic nozzle for manufacturing biochip; device with sample nozzle as precision pipette. [0003] An inkjet type recording device, which is a representative example of a liquid ejecting device, is recently used in many printings including color printing because it produces relatively little noise during printing and is capable of forming small dots at hig...

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Problems solved by technology

[0025] And, in the inkjet recording device proposed in Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-290713, a cable for connecting the recording device side contacts provided on the slider member and the device main body including the control section is required, but in the slider member The cable may be pulled out from the connector on the side of the slider unit during the forward and backward movement

[0026] Therefore, a pulling-out preventing structure for preventing the cable from being pulled out is required, but it is difficult to form a pulling-out preventing structure for the cable in the limited space (thickness direction and depth direction) inside the recording device.

In addition, it is considered to use a cable insertion part with a pull-out function, but it is difficult to secure enough space for cable installation work around the slider part

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