Patent ID: 7140796
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus, comprising: a recording section for recording information on a recording medium; a medium carrying mechanism for carrying the recording medium on which information has been recorded by the recording section; a medium accommodating section extending in a vertical direction or in a slanted vertical direction for accommodating the recording medium carried by the medium carrying mechanism; and a redirecting member for changing a medium carrying direction of the recording medium carried by the medium carrying mechanism, wherein: the recording section includes a non-contact recording head for recording information on the recording medium, and a platen opposing a head surface of the recording head; and a medium path angle is equal to or greater than 90° and less than 150°, the medium path angle being defined as an angle between the medium carrying direction of the recording medium while the recording medium is on the platen and that after a medium path is changed by the redirecting member, and wherein the redirecting member includes a plate-shaped member that is provided on a downstream side in the medium carrying direction with respect to the platen, and a drive mechanism for pivoting the plate-shaped member to change the medium carrying direction after a leading edge portion of the recording medium has moved onto the plate-shaped member.