Patent ID: 7195411
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus, comprising: an apparatus casing including at least an eject port that is opened in an upward direction or in a slanted upward direction; a recording section provided in the apparatus casing for recording information on a recording medium; a medium carrying mechanism provided in the apparatus casing for carrying the recording medium on which information has been recorded by the recording section; a medium accommodating section extending in a vertical direction or in a slanted vertical direction in the apparatus casing and defining a medium accommodating space that is continuous with the eject port for accommodating the recording medium carried by the medium carrying mechanism so that the recording medium is surrounded by the medium accommodating section and is held in an upright position; an upward medium carrying mechanism provided in the medium accommodating section for upwardly carrying the recording medium so as to eject a part or whole of the recording medium from the eject port; and further comprising a size detector for detecting a size of the recording medium in the medium accommodating section, wherein the upward medium carrying mechanism carries the recording medium upward by an amount according to the size of the recording medium detected by the size detector so that the recording medium projects from the eject port by a predetermined constant length.