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US 9,308,755 B2Granted
Recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorMasanori Nakata
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a recording head which performs recording on a medium; a first roller which reverses a medium which is transported from the recording head side; and a medium reception unit which is provided on the downstream side of the recording head on the medium transport path on which the medium is transported, in which the medium reception unit also functions as a first medium support unit which supports a medium which is inserted from a discharging direction side of the medium.
Claims10
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a medium accommodating unit which accommodates a medium;
- a feeding unit which feeds the medium from the medium accommodation unit;
- a recording unit which has a recording head which discharges ink to the medium;
- a first roller which reverses the medium that is fed from the medium accommodating unit toward the recording unit;
- a first medium transport path which guides the medium recorded by the recording unit toward the first roller so as to reverse the medium;
- a second roller of which a peripheral surface faces both the medium and the first medium guided by the first medium transport path and the medium reversed by the first roller;
- a second medium transport path for merging the medium inserted from a recording unit side to a first roller side to the first medium transport path;
- and
- a medium reception unit which receives the medium recorded by the recording unit and the medium inserted into the second medium transport path,
- wherein the second medium transport path is connected to the first medium transport path at a position of the second roller.
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A recording apparatus comprising:
- a medium accommodating unit which accommodates a medium and that is detachable from a main body of the recording apparatus;
- a feeding unit which feeds the medium from the medium accommodation unit;
- a recording unit which has a recording head which discharges ink to the medium;
- a first roller which reverses the medium fed from the medium accommodating unit toward the recording unit;
- a first medium transport path which guides the medium recorded by the recording unit toward the first roller so as to reverse the medium;
- a second medium transport path for merging the medium inserted from a recording unit side to a first roller side to the first medium transport path;
- a medium reception unit which receives the medium recorded by the recording unit and the medium inserted into the accciad nediurn transport path;
- and
- a second medium transport path forming member which forms a second medium transport path;
- wherein the second medium transport path forming member is moved to a mounting region of the medium accommodating unit when the medium accommodating unit is removed from the main body of the recording apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.