Patent ID: 8720883

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a restricting member configured to be rotatable about a shaft portion and configured to come into abutment with an object to restrict a movement of the object; and a damper unit configured to rotate the restricting member from a restricting position for restricting the movement with respect to the object to a releasing position for releasing the restriction of the movement with respect to the object, wherein the damper unit includes: a viscous member; a first member having a first sliding surface formed into a comb shape along the direction of movement of the object; a second member having a second sliding surface formed into a comb shape opposing the first sliding surface of the first member with the intermediary of the viscous member, the second member sliding between a first position which causes the restricting member to be positioned at the restricting position and a second position which causes the restricting member to be positioned at the releasing position in a state of engaging the restricting member; and a first urging device configured to apply an urging force which causes the second member to slide from the first position to the second position along the direction of sliding movement of the second member, the first urging device being arranged at least partly between tips and roots of teeth of the comb shape of the second sliding surface in a thickness direction of the first member and the second member.