Patent ID: 6854843
Filing Date: 2005-02-15
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a recording medium feeding mechanism provided at an upstream of a recording medium transfer path for feeding a recording medium, which is stacked and held on a slant, to a downstream one at a time; a recording head provided at a downstream of said recording medium feeding apparatus for performing recording on the recording medium; a paper discharging roller set provided at a downstream of said recording head, comprising a paper discharging driven roller provided on a recording side of the recording medium and a paper discharge driving roller provided on non-recording side of the recording medium, for discharging the recording medium on which recording is performed; a paper discharging frame for holding said paper discharging driven roller, said frame being operated to change between a contact state where said paper discharging driven roller is in contact with said paper discharge driving roller and a separation state where said paper discharging driven roller is separated from said paper discharge driving roller; a side frame provided at both sides of said paper discharging frame; a recording medium stacker operated to change between a first position where a hard recording medium is fed from a recording medium stacking surface, which is substantially horizontal, directly to said recording head and discharged in the same direction, a feeding and/or discharging path being straight, and a second position in which recording is performed on a recording medium, which is fed by said recording medium feeding apparatus, said medium which has been discharged being stacked; a link mechanism for changing a position of said paper discharging frame between said contact and separation states by changing a position of said recording medium stacker, said link mechanism allowing said paper discharging frame to be in said contact state by setting said recording medium stacker to be in said second position, and allowing said paper discharging frame to be in said separation state by setting said recording medium stacker to be in said first position.