Patent ID: 6102506
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A recording apparatus, comprising:reading means for reading an image on an original;recording means for forming an image on a sheet by discharging an ink droplet;discharge means for discharging the sheet on which the image was formed by said recording means;a convey path provided below said reading means, and between said recording means and discharging means, said convey path being extended substantially horizontally;convey means for conveying the sheet on which the image was formed by said recording means along said convey path, said convey means being provided at an end of said convey path on a side of said recording means; andwherein said reading means reads the image while conveying the original in a direction substantially parallel to and opposite to a conveying direction in said convey path;an outer cover for covering a body of the recording apparatus, said outer cover having a recess formed therein;wherein said discharge means is positioned in an interior most portion of said recess, and the sheets discharged by said discharge means are stacked on a bottom surface of said recess, and said reading means is provided over said discharge means and said bottom surface, and a sheet of minimum length to be used is positioned in a deeper portion of said recess than a side wall of said outer cover when the sheet of minimum length is discharged on the bottom surface by said discharge means.