Portable recording apparatus having relatively movable housing sections

A recording apparatus for recording on a recording medium, said apparatus comprising:

• a control section housing having a control section for controlling said recording apparatus;
• a recording section housing having a recording section for recording on a recording medium, a recording area where said recording section records on the recording medium and a conveying mechanism for conveying the recording medium to the recording area and exhausting the recording medium from the recording area;
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• a connecting mechanism for movably connecting said control section housing and said recording section housing between a standby position where said recording section housing is supported opposed to a rear side of said control section housing with respect to said control section housing and a recordable position where said recording section housing is moved to a relatively higher position than the standby position with respect to said control section housing,
• wherein at said recordable position said control section housing and said recording section housing define a substantially linear recording medium conveying route from an upper portion of an outer surface of said control section housing to the recording area of said recording section housing.

An ink jet recording apparatus for recording on a recording medium by discharging ink, said apparatus comprising:

• a first housing for housing an ink jet recording area at which ink is discharged onto the recording medium to record, and a conveying mechanism for conveying the recording medium to the ink jet recording area and exhausting the recording medium from the ink jet recording area;
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• a second housing hingedly connected to a rear side of said first housing, said second housing being rotatable with respect to said first housing between a retracted position where said first housing and second housing are aligned to define a straight contour and a recordable position where said first housing and second housing define an L-shape contour,
• wherein at said recordable position said first and second housings define a substantially linear recording medium conveying route from an upper portion of an outer surface of said first housing to the ink jet recording area of said second housing.