Patent ID: 8109507
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: an upstream roller pair which pinches and conveys a recording medium; a downstream roller pair which has a slower conveyance speed than the upstream roller pair and is able to pinch a leading edge of the recording medium which is being pinched by the upstream roller pair; an inner chute and an outer chute which are separated from each other and form a curved path between the upstream roller pair and the downstream roller pair, the recording medium passing through the curved path, a movable component which is movable between a protruding position in which the movable component protrudes from the outer chute into the curved path toward the inner chute and a retracted position in which the degree of protrusion of the movable component from the outer chute into the curved path is smaller than the degree of protrusion in the protruding position; a moving mechanism which causes the movable component to move between the protruding position and the retracted position; a sensor configured to detect the leading edge of the recording medium passing through the curved path; and a control unit configured to control the moving mechanism based on a detection signal of the sensor, wherein, the moving mechanism causes the movable component to move from the protruding position to the retracted position at a timing on or after a first timing and before a second timing, the first timing is a timing before the leading edge of the recording medium having been conveyed by the upstream roller pair reaches a pinching position where the recording medium is pinched by the downstream roller pair, and the first timing is further limited to the earliest timing in a period, which period is defined such that at least a part of the recording medium is apart from the outer chute when the leading edge of the recording medium reaches the pinching position of the downstream roller pair, if the movable component is moved from the protruding position to the retracted position at a timing in the period, and the second timing is a timing after the leading edge of the recording medium having been conveyed by the upstream roller pair reaches the pinching position of the downstream roller pair, and is the very instant at which the recording medium contacts the inner surface of the outer chute across a majority of the area between the pinching position of the downstream roller pair and a contact position where the movable component contacts the recording medium.