Patent ID: 8066283
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A recording device comprising: a medium support part configured and arranged to support a recording medium; a plurality of holes formed in the medium support part, one end sides of the holes being formed in a side of the medium support part that supports the recording medium; a suction unit provided to the other end sides of the holes to suck out air above the medium support part via the holes; a plurality of closing members provided to the other end sides of the holes, and configured and arranged to move in a movement direction away from the holes; an urging unit configured and arranged to urge the closing members toward the holes; and a sliding member provided to the other end sides of the holes, and configured and arranged to slide in a sliding direction intersecting the movement direction in which the closing members move, the sliding member having first portions configured and arranged to contact the closing members during sliding, the closing members having second portions configured and arranged to contact the first portions when the sliding member slides, at least one of the first portions and the second portions having locations formed at an incline in relation to both the sliding direction in which the sliding member slides and the movement direction in which the closing members move, by sliding the sliding member, at least one of the holes being switched between the holes to be put into the opened state being selected by changing a position of the sliding member in the sliding direction.