Patent ID: 8628192

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording portion; a conveyance mechanism which is disposed below the recording portion and conveys a recording medium; a recording medium feeder which is disposed below the conveyance mechanism, is capable of stocking therein a recording medium, and feeds a recording medium to the conveyance mechanism; a refeeder which is partially disposed below the recording medium feeder and which refeeds, to the conveyance mechanism, a recording medium having conveyed by the conveyance mechanism, along a refeed path which includes a first path, a second path following the first path, and a third path preceding the first path, the first path passing through a space below the recording medium feeder, the second path passing in vertical direction to the conveyance mechanism through a space at a side of the recording medium feeder, and the third path passing in vertical direction through a space at a side of the recording medium feeder; a housing that houses the recording portion, the conveyance mechanism, the recording medium feeder, and the refeeder therein; and a movement mechanism capable of moving at least a part of conveyance mechanism downward, wherein a part of the refeeder including at least the first path is movable toward the outside of the housing in a conveyance direction of a recording medium conveyed by the conveyance mechanism, wherein the recording medium feeder is movable toward the outside of the housing, wherein the movement mechanism is capable of, when at least a part of the recording medium feeder is positioned outside the housing, moving at least a part of the conveyance mechanism to a first space which is created by the movement of the recording medium feeder toward the outside of the housing, and wherein the movement mechanism is capable of, when at least a part of the recording medium feeder and at least a part of the refeeder are positioned outside the housing, moving at least a part of the conveyance mechanism to the first space and to a it) second space which is created by the movement of the refeeder toward the outside of the housing.