Patent ID: 6883909

Claim:
A recording apparatus for recording on a recording sheet with a recording head, comprising: a conveying roller for conveying the recording sheet; a plurality of pinch rollers in contact with said conveying roller to rotate following said conveying roller, said plurality of pinch rollers being arranged in a direction perpendicular to a conveying direction in which the recording sheet is conveyed; a sheet pressure member pivotable on a rotational shaft of one of said plurality of pinch rollers, said sheet pressure member preventing the recording sheet from floating; and a platen, including a plurality of ribs, for guiding the recording sheet conveyed by said conveying roller, wherein said sheet pressure member has a width wider than that of each of said ribs, is arranged at a position over at least one of said ribs, and presses the recording sheet by its own weight, and wherein said sheet pressure member is arranged at a position corresponding to only an edge portion of the conveyed recording sheet, in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction in which the recording sheet is conveyed.