Carriage Drive Mechanism - Brother MFC5200C Service Manual

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Carriage drive mechanism

The carriage motor controls horizontal motion. The motor rotation is transmitted via the motor
pulley to the carriage timing belt.
The carriage, which is supported and guided by the carriage rail, is secured to the timing belt.
Clockwise and counterclockwise rotations of the carriage motor move the carriage to the right and
left, respectively.
On the back of the carriage is the carriage encoder which tells the control circuitry the current
carriage position counted based on the carriage motor position by using the encoder strip attached
to the main chassis.
Carriage
Main chassis
Carriage encoder
Carriage timing belt
Encoder strip
Idle pulley
Carriage motor
Motor pulley
Carriage rail
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