Patent ID: 8899725
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a recording head that ejects a liquid; a cartridge mounting mechanism including: (i) a chamber that accommodates therein a cartridge introduced through a cartridge inlet of the chamber, the cartridge inlet being an opening directed upward, (ii) a biasing mechanism that biases the cartridge set in the chamber in an upward direction corresponding to a removal direction of the cartridge, and (iii) a holding mechanism configured to be (a) engaged with the cartridge so as to restrict, against a biasing force of the biasing mechanism, the cartridge from moving in the removal direction when the cartridge is set in the chamber, and (b) disengaged from the cartridge to release the cartridge from the restriction against the biasing force, upon being subjected to an external operating force; and a carriage that reciprocates in a main scanning direction, with the recording head and the cartridge mounting mechanism mounted thereon, wherein the holding mechanism includes an operating lever pivotably attached to the chamber at a position close to the cartridge inlet, wherein the operating lever includes a sloped portion inclined inwardly of the chamber and formed from a position close to the pivotal center toward the engaging portion, and the holding mechanism further includes a biasing member that biases a lower end portion of the operating lever toward an inner region of the chamber.