US 2001/0022609 A1 · Recording apparatus

Abstract

A recording apparatus is capable of recording on each of various recording sheets having different sizes just by replacing recording material cassettes, and also, capable of executing color recording or the like in plural colors easily, which requires the repetition of reciprocating conveyance of the recording sheet despite the apparatus main body which is structured sufficiently small, and, further, the apparatus is made capable of automatically performing double side recording just by replacing the recording material cassettes accordingly. A part of carrying passage of recording sheet is formed on the recording material cassette, and also, a series of carrying passages are formed by combining carrying passages in the apparatus main body, which are bent on the front side and backside thereof. A recording unit is arranged on the way of the carrying passage in the apparatus main body. A sheet expelling tray portion is formed on the upper face of the recording material cassette which is installed on the upper part of the apparatus main body. It is also made possible to install a recording material cassette provided with carrying means for reversely carrying a recording sheet upside down.

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Dependent claims

A recording apparatus provided with a detachably mountable recording material cassette for supplying recording material to record on recording material by means of a recording head in accordance with recording information, comprising the following:

a first carrying passage for recording material formed on a part of recording material cassette;
a second carrying passage for said recording material formed in the interior of apparatus main body;
a third carrying passage formed by connecting said first carrying passage and said second carrying passage, said third carrying passage being provided with a curved carrying path to be curved on the front side and backside of recording apparatus;
and
a recording unite arranged on a location along said second carrying passage positioned to face said first carrying passage for holding said recording head.

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A recording apparatus for recording on recording material by means of a recording head held in a recording unit, comprising the following:

a recording material cassette for containing recording material, said recording material cassette being installed on the upper side of said recording unit inside apparatus main body, and detachably mountable in the same direction as the direction of carrying recording material during recording;
and
carrying means for expelling recording material from apparatus main body after guiding said recording material from said recording material cassette to said recording unit, said carrying means being arranged to carry recording material from the backside of apparatus main body into the interior of apparatus main body, at the same time, reversing recording material during recording from the front side in the interior of apparatus main body for the guiding thereof to said recording unit, and expelling said recording material after completion of recording from the rear side of upper face of apparatus main body toward the front side thereof.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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