Patent ID: 8820869

Claim:
A recording apparatus including a recording head performing recording on a recording medium, the apparatus comprising: a carriage movable in a scanning direction of the recording head; a first guide member guiding the carriage in the scanning direction; a second guide member guiding the carriage in the scanning direction, and provided positioned at a predetermined distance in a direction intersecting the scanning direction with respect to the first guide member; a first gap adjusting unit provided on the carriage, and interposed between the housing of the carriage and the first guide member and causing the housing of the carriage to displace in a direction changing the gap between a support face supporting a recording medium and the recording head; a second gap adjusting unit provided on the carriage, and interposed between the housing of the carriage and the second guide member and causing the housing of the carriage to displace in a direction changing the gap; a synchronization unit provided on the carriage causing the first gap adjusting unit and the second gap adjusting unit to engage with each other, and causing the first gap adjusting unit and the second gap adjusting unit to be synchronized by transferring power from one of the first gap adjusting unit and the second gap adjusting unit to the other in the carriage.