Patent ID: 7997578
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus having a discharge section that discharges a recording medium that has undergone a recording process and a stacker that receives the recording medium discharged from the discharge section, the recording apparatus comprising: an engagement mechanism that attaches the stacker to the discharge section in a removable state, wherein the engagement mechanism includes: a first engagement portion provided in the discharge section; a second engagement portion, provided in the stacker, that engages with the first engagement portion; a guidance portion that guides the second engagement portion into the first engagement portion and extends in at least an upward direction, and a biasing unit that is provided in the stacker and biases the second engagement portion in the upward direction so as to move in the guidance portion with the stacker grounded; and when an external force that opposes the biasing force of the biasing unit is applied to the stacker and that external force is released, the second engagement portion rises due to the biasing force, is guided by the guidance portion, and engages with the first engagement portion.