Patent ID: 6848850

Claim:
A recording apparatus, comprising: a recording section for recording information on a recording medium; a medium carrying mechanism for carrying the recording medium on which information has been recorded by the recording section; a medium accommodating section extending in a vertical direction or in a slanted vertical direction for accommodating the recording medium carried by the medium carrying mechanism; and pusher means for pushing the recording medium carried by the medium carrying mechanism into the medium accommodating section; further comprising a redirecting member for changing a medium carrying direction of the recording medium carried by the medium carrying mechanism, wherein; the recording section includes a non-contact recording head for recording information on the recording medium, and a platen opposing a head surface of the recording head; and a medium path angle is equal to or greater than 0° and less than 180°, the medium path angle being defined as an angle between the medium carrying direction of the recording medium while the recording medium is on the platen and that after a medium path is changed by the redirecting member; wherein the redirecting member is a non-flat plate that is provided on a downstream side in the medium carrying direction with respect to the platen, the non-flat plate providing a medium path angle that changes gradually.