Patent ID: 8579432
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus with a removable member, the recording apparatus comprising: a casing configured to receive mounting of a feed roller rotatable to feed a recording medium; the removable member insertable into and removable from the casing by being moved, relative to the casing in an axial direction of the feed roller, between (a) a removable-member mounted state in which the removable member is mounted on the casing and (b) a removable-member removed state in which the removable member has been removed from the casing, wherein a nip roller is mounted on the removable member via a shaft thereof extending in parallel with the axial direction of the feed roller, the nip roller being configured to nip the recording medium with the feed roller in feeding the recording medium in the state in which the removable member is in the removable-member mounted state; a force applying portion configured to apply a force to the nip roller in a direction in which the nip roller is moved toward the feed roller; and a moving mechanism comprising a pressing portion configured to, when the removable member is moved relative to the casing in the axial direction of the feed roller, push and move the shaft of the nip roller such that the nip roller is moved to a first position, at which the nip roller is spaced apart from the feed roller, against the force of the force applying portion, wherein the nip roller is located at a second position in a state in which the shaft is not pushed by the pressing portion when the removable member is in the removable-member removed state, and wherein a height level relative to the removable member of the nip roller at the second position is higher than a height level relative to the removable member of the nip roller at the first position.