Carriage Drive Mechanism - Brother MP-21C Service Manual

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Carriage Drive Mechanism

The carriage motor controls horizontal movement of the carriage unit.
The motor rotation is transmitted to the timing belt via the motor pulley.
The guide shaft supports the carriage.
The carriage holds the timing belt.
The direction of the carriage motor rotation corresponds to the direction of the carriage
movement.
The position of the carriage is controlled by the encoder strip.
Carriage motor ASSY
Print head
Timing belt
Guide bar
Drive pulley
Idle pulley
Encoder strip
Carriage guide
Carriage ASSY
Fig. 2.20
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