Recording apparatus

A recording apparatus comprising:

• a placement unit on which a recording medium is placed;
• a feeder that feeds the recording medium from the placement unit toward a recording section;
• a thrust mechanism that pushes up the placement unit toward the feeder;
• and
• an edge guide that is disposed in the placement unit and defines a position of a side of the recording medium in a direction intersecting a transport direction of the recording medium, wherein
• the thrust mechanism includes
• an urging member that imparts an urging force to the placement unit,
• a first accommodation body that is mounted on the placement unit and receives the urging member from an end thereof and accommodates the urging member, and
• a second accommodation body that is disposed so as to partially overlap the first accommodation body and receives the urging member from another end thereof and accommodates the urging member, and
• the first accommodation body and the second accommodation body are movable relative to each other in an urging direction of the urging member and are rotatable together in a circumferential direction of the first accommodation body and the second accommodation body.