Patent ID: 11872816
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. The recording apparatus according to claim 9, wherein
the recording section includes
a contact section that is configured to come into contact with the regulating unit and
a regulated section that is a portion, movement of which in the first direction is regulated at the second position,

the regulating unit includes
a lock section that is reciprocated with respect to a movement region of the regulated section by rotating and
a cam that is a member for switching a posture of the lock section by rotating, that includes a supporting section which is configured to support the lock section and a first portion and a second portion which are configured to come into contact with the contact section, and that is rotated by the contact section in accordance with the moving operation of the recording section,

the lock section is configured to switch between
a first posture in which the lock section is advanced to the movement region of the regulated section to form the regulating state and
a second posture in which the lock section is separated from the movement region of the regulated section to form the non-regulating state,

the cam is configured to rotate to switch between
a first rotational phase in which the supporting section supports the lock section such that the lock section takes the second posture and
a second rotational phase in which the supporting section terminates supporting of the lock section to enable the lock section to be switched from the second posture to the first posture,

when the recording section moves in the first direction even further than the third position in a state in which the cam has the first rotational phase, the contact section comes into contact with the first portion such that the cam is rotated so as to have the second rotational phase, and the lock section taking the second posture thereby rotates to be mounted on an upper surface of the regulated section,
when the recording section moves in the second direction in a state in which the lock section is mounted on the upper surface of the regulated section, the lock section drops from the upper surface of the regulated section to be switched to the first posture, and
when the recording section moves in the second direction in a state in which the cam has the second rotational phase and in which the lock section takes the first posture, the contact section comes into contact with the second portion to rotate the cam such that the cam has the first rotational phase.