Patent ID: 11891256
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A recording apparatus, comprising:
a housing having a feeding port through which a medium is introduced into the housing;
a feeding tray for supporting the medium fed through the feeding port; and
a rotary damper configured to generate torque, wherein
the feeding tray includes a rotation shaft about which the feeding tray is rotatable, relative to the housing, between a close position at which the feeding tray holds the feeding port in a close state and an open position at which the feeding tray holds the feeding port in an open state,
the rotation shaft and the rotary damper are interlocked with each other, and
the rotary damper is installed at an internal frame of the housing with a gear train extending between a rotary damper main body that is configured to generate the torque and a first gear of the rotation shaft, the first gear interlocks with the gear train, the rotary damper main body and the first gear overlap in a direction in which the gear train extends from the first gear towards the rotary damper main body, the internal frame comprising a recessed portion and a non-recessed portion, the recessed portion is recessed inwardly towards the feeding tray that is at least partially surrounded by the internal frame and extends in the direction in which the gear train extends from the first gear towards the rotary damper main body, the rotary damper extends from an outer surface of the non-recessed portion, the first gear being disposed within the recessed portion, and a portion of a stage gear forming part of the gear train is disposed within the recessed portion and closer to the rotary damper main body than the first gear in the direction in which the gear train extends from the first gear towards the rotary damper main body.