Patent ID: 7584959

Claim:
A media stacker which can be inserted into a main body of a liquid ejecting apparatus and stack a discharged recording medium, the media stacker comprising: a guide mechanism formed on both sides of the media stacker which is capable of guiding the movement of the media stacker between a first position located in front of a discharge portion where the media stacker is capable of receiving a discharged recording medium which has been recorded by a liquid ejecting portion and ejected from the discharge portion of the liquid ejecting apparatus in a horizontal direction and a second position located downward and in an inclined direction from the first position, so as to be located below the liquid ejecting portion and discharge portion; a guide gear which rotates while following the guide mechanism which is also formed on both sides of the media stacker; a first stacker portion in which the guide mechanisms are formed; a second stacker portion which can be inserted into or extracted from the first stacker portion; and an operation regulation mechanism which regulates operations, so that the second stacker portion is not extracted when the first stacker portion is being extracted and the first stacker portion is not inserted when the second stacker portion is being inserted; wherein the media stacker moves downward in an inclined direction to be located below a liquid ejecting portion and a discharge portion at the second position when the media stacker is being inserted and the media stacker moves upward in the inclined direction to be located at the first position in front of the discharge portion of the liquid ejecting apparatus when the media stacker is being extracted.