By Return-clutch Means Patents (Class 400/314.6)
  • Recording apparatus
    Patent number: 6169557
    Abstract: A recording apparatus for performing a recording operation on recording paper includes a recording head for performing the recording operation on the recording paper, a carriage which carries the recording head, and is movable along a convey path of the recording paper, a conveying unit for conveying the recording paper, a drive source, and a lock pawl which is arranged along a moving path of the carriage and can transmit a drive force from the drive source to the conveying unit in accordance with movement of the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuo Suzuki, Tamaki Hashimoto, Takao Aichi