US Patent 7784900 Imaging apparatus

An imaging apparatus is disclosed that includes a carriage that moves back and forth along the main scanning direction, plural recording heads mounted on the carriage that discharge recording liquid, a guide that guides the carriage in the main scanning direction, a power source and a drive pulley that drive the carriage to move in the main scanning direction, a driven pulley that transmits the drive power from the power source to the carriage, and a motion transmitting element that is arranged over the drive pulley and the driven pulley. The carriage is forced toward the guide by a tension generated by deflecting an extending direction of the motion transmitting element.