Patent ID: 8820870

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a carriage that is provided with a recording head which performs recording on a recording medium and is movable in a scan direction of the recording head; a guide member that guides the carriage in the scan direction; and a gap adjusting unit that is interposed between a housing of the carriage and the guide member so as to displace the housing of the carriage in a direction in which a gap varies between a support section that supports the recording medium and the recording head, the gap adjusting unit being mounted on the carriage, wherein the gap adjusting unit includes a sliding member that slides relative to the guide member, a cam member that is interposed between part of the housing and the sliding member and has a shape that allows the housing of the carriage to be displaced in the direction in which the gap varies by sliding in the scan direction relative to the housing and the sliding member, and an engagement member that slides with the cam member in the scan direction, engages the cam member in the direction in which the gap varies in a manner that allows movement of the cam member, and abuts against the switching member which is configured to extend and retract with respect to a movement area of the carriage to slide the cam member.