Patent ID: 8746843

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording head that performs recording on a medium; and a carriage movable in a scanning direction of the recording head, the carriage including a carriage body holding the recording head, a slide member that is provided in such a way that a position of the slide member relative to the carriage body is changeable in a direction where a gap between the recording head and the medium changes, and moves together with carriage body in the scanning direction, a gap adjusting cam that is interposed between the slide member and the carriage body to receive a dead weight of the carriage body, the gap adjusting cam having a surface profile that changes in the scanning direction, the gap adjusting cam being movable relative to the slide member and the carriage body to change the gap between the recording head and the medium, and a restriction section having a shape extending in the scanning direction, the restriction section is configured to restrict expansion between the carriage body and the gap adjusting cam or expansion between the gap adjusting cam and the slide member, the restriction section is configured to engage with the carriage body at both end portions, is attached to the slide member at a center portion, and is configured to apply an urging force between the slide member and the carriage body based upon changes with the gap.