Patent ID: 8899706
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus, comprising: a first casing; a second casing connected to the first casing with a shaft and pivotable about the shaft with respect to the first casing in a pivotal direction having a vertical component so as to be located at (i) a close position which is close to the first casing and at which an image is recorded on a recording medium and (ii) a distant position farther from the first casing than the close position; a tank mount portion on which a tank storing a recording agent for recording the image on the recording medium is mountable, the tank mount portion being fixed to the second casing so as to be pivotable together with the second casing; a force-applying portion configured to be switchable between a first state in which the force-applying portion applies a force to the second casing to limit the pivotal movement of the second casing located at the close position and a second state in which the force-applying portion does not apply the force to the second casing located at the close position; and a controller configured to perform: