Patent ID: 8585039

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a roller disposed at a set position and configured to convey a recording medium; a shaft member configured to support the roller located at the set position, wherein the roller is movable parallel to the shaft member between the set position and a disengaged position at which the roller is completely disengaged; a roller moving mechanism configured to move the roller from the set position to the disengaged position in a direction toward one of opposite ends of the shaft member, the roller moving mechanism including an elastic member configured to apply force to the roller to move the roller on the shaft member in the direction toward the one end; and a movement inhibiting and allowing member movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the movement inhibiting and allowing member at the first position is located in a space in which the roller is positioned at the disengaged position, the movement inhibiting and allowing member being configured to: when the movement inhibiting and allowing member is located at the first position, inhibit the elastic member from moving the roller in the direction toward the one end; and when the movement inhibiting and allowing member is moved from the first position to the second position, allow the elastic member to move the roller on the shaft member in the direction toward the one end until the roller is positioned at the disengaged position and disengaged from the shaft member.