Patent ID: 7314265

Claim:
A recording apparatus for effecting recording on a recording medium, said apparatus comprising: a carriage for carrying a recording head and being scanningly movable in said apparatus; a platen for supporting a recording medium at a position opposed to the recording head; a guide shaft, disposed at a position upstream of a recording position where the recording head is opposed to said platen, with respect to a feeding direction of the recording medium, for guiding a scanning movement of said carriage; a belt, disposed at a same side as said guide shaft with respect to the recording position and for transmitting a driving force to said carriage; a guide rail, disposed at a side across the recording position from said guide shaft with respect to the feeding direction of the recording medium, for guiding the scanning movement of said carriage; an encoder scale, having a recorded information relating to positions of said carriage with respect to the scanning direction, for determining information relating to a position of said carriage; an encoder sensor, provided on said carriage, for detecting the information relating to the position of said carriage with respect to the scanning direction, said encoder sensor being disposed at a side across the recording position from said guide shaft with respect to the feeding direction of the recording medium; a head set lever for mounting and demounting of the recording head relative to said carriage; and a latch engagement portion for engagement with a latch portion of head set lever, said latch engagement portion being disposed at a lateral side of said encoder sensor with respect to the scanning direction of said carriage.