Patent ID: 8727468

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a carriage configured to carry a recording head that records an image on a recording surface of a recording material and to move in a main scanning direction; a sliding member provided in the carriage and movable between a first position in relation to the carriage and a second position that projects further than the first position from the carriage; a guiding member configured to guide the carriage moving in the main scanning direction; a switch member provided in the carriage and configured to move relative to the carriage to move the sliding member between the first position and the second position; a chassis located in a position where the switch member comes in contact therewith when the carriage moves in the main scanning direction, and configured to move the switch member being in contact therewith relative to the carriage; and a regulation member configured to be movable between a projected position and a recessed position in a conveying direction of the recording material, the projected position corresponding to where the regulation member contacts the switch member when the carriage moves in the main scanning direction to cause the switch member to move the slide member, the recessed position corresponding to where the regulation member does not contact the switch member.