US 12,319,070 B2
Printing apparatus
Takuro Ishikura, Ueda (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/363,792.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-123173 (JP), filed on Aug. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0042778 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 25/304 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 19/00 (2006.01); H01R 12/77 (2011.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 25/304 (2013.01) [B41J 2/01 (2013.01); B41J 19/005 (2013.01); H01R 12/771 (2013.01); B41J 2/04548 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/17509 (2013.01); H01R 13/631 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a head unit including an insertion port into which a flat cable is to be inserted; and
a guiding portion configured to guide the flat cable when the flat cable is inserted into the insertion port, wherein
the guiding portion includes at least two guide members opposed to each other,
the guide members opposed to each other each include a parallel surface to an insertion direction of the flat cable into the insertion port, and are disposed with the parallel surfaces opposed to each other, and
a distance between the parallel surfaces of the guide members opposed to each other matches a width in a longitudinal direction of the insertion port.