Recording apparatus

A recording apparatus comprising:

• a carriage that includes a recording head which performs recording on a medium and is movable in a scanning direction of the recording head;
• a first sliding portion that is provided so as to be able to displace a relative position to a main body of the carriage in a direction in which a gap between the recording head and the medium changes and moves in the scanning direction together with the carriage;
• a guide member with which the first sliding portion makes contact and that receives a weight of the carriage through the first sliding portion and is provided so as to extend in the scanning direction,
• wherein the guide member includes a sliding surface that faces to the first sliding portion in a vertical direction;
• a gap adjusting unit that adjusts the gap by adjusting a position of the main body of the carriage relative to the first sliding portion, and
• a second sliding portion that is biased toward the guide member by a biasing member provided at a side of the main body of the carriage and makes slide contact with the guide member at the side opposite to a side with which the first sliding portion makes contact, wherein the second sliding portion is provided along the scanning direction,
• wherein the biasing member biases the second sliding portion in the vertical direction,
• wherein at least one of the plurality of second sliding portions, the guide member, and the biasing member are made of metal materials and make electrical contact with one another,
• the recording head makes electrical contact with the biasing member so that the biasing member, the second sliding portion, and the guide member constitute a grounding unit which grounds the recording head, and
• the second sliding portion which constitutes the grounding unit among the plurality of second sliding portions makes contact with the guide member with a biasing force smaller than that of the second sliding portion that does not constitute the grounding unit.