Patent ID: 7594720

Claim:
A recording apparatus in which a recording medium is fed from one side of the recording apparatus, and the recording medium on which a recording head has recorded is ejected from the one side of the recording apparatus, the recording apparatus comprising: a feed tray on which the recording medium is stacked and which is rotated to move between an in-use position and a stowed position; an eject tray on which the recording medium on which the recording head has recorded is stacked, and which moves between an in-use position and a stowed position in a substantially horizontal direction, wherein said eject tray is arranged over said feed tray when said eject tray is in the in-use position; and an eject tray holding portion which guides a movement of said eject tray in a substantially horizontal direction, wherein when said eject tray is situated in the stowed position, said eject tray is not arranged over said feed tray, and said eject tray does not prevent the recording medium from being ejected.