Patent ID: 9016851
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus, comprising: a head including an ejection surface on which a plurality of ejection openings for ejecting liquid are formed; a conveyor configured to convey a recording medium toward a space which opposes the ejection surface; a supporter configured to support a recording medium in the space; a mover configured to move the supporter in a conveyance direction in which the recording medium is conveyed by the conveyor to cause the supporter to take either an opposing position at which the supporter opposes the ejection surface or a withdrawal position at which the supporter does not oppose the ejection surface; and a first guide including a guiding face which is configured to support the recording medium upstream of the supporter at the opposing position in the conveyance direction, a recess which is formed on the guiding face, and a protrusion which is configured to protrude from the guiding face through the recess, wherein: the supporter is configured to move, by means of the mover, along the guiding face while maintaining contact with the guiding face, the protrusion includes a first slope upwardly inclined from an upstream end of the protrusion in the conveyance direction toward the downstream in the conveyance direction, the supporter includes a second slope upwardly inclined from an upstream end of the supporter in the conveyance direction toward the downstream in the conveyance direction, and when the supporter is at the opposing position: