Patent ID: 9475667
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: B41J,B65H

Claim Text:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a medium storage section that stores a medium; a first transport path that transports the medium that is fed from the medium storage section, passes through a recording section performing recording on the medium, and extends on an upstream side and a downstream side of the recording section; a second transport path that is connected to the first transport path and transports the medium in a reverse direction of a transporting direction by switching back the medium after transporting the medium that has passed through the recording section; a third transport path that is connected to the second transport path, inverts the medium that is transported in the reverse direction, and makes the medium be confluent with the first transport path at a position on the upstream side of the recording section, wherein the third transport path goes around an upper end of the recording section; and a fourth transport path that is connected to the first transport path, bends the medium that has passed through the recording section, and discharges the medium by inverting the medium, wherein the second transport path includes a curved path, the second transport path transporting the medium in a state where a first surface of the medium that has been recorded on by a recording head configuring the recording section faces to a curving direction of the curved path during at least a portion of the time the medium is being transported on the second transport path, and the second transport path is formed on a curved inside of the fourth transport path.