Patent ID: 7641408

Claim:
A recording apparatus for effecting recording on a recording material by a recording head, said recording apparatus comprising: a recording unit including a reciprocally movable carriage for carrying the recording head, a platen for supporting a recording material at a position opposed to said carriage, a conveyance roller, disposed upstream of said platen with respect to a moving direction of the recording material, for conveying the recording material, a recording chassis including a flat portion which extends from one lateral side of the recording chassis to the other, a right portion of said recording chassis extending from a right end of the flat portion, a left portion of said recording chassis extending from a left end of the flat portion, wherein the right portion and the left portion support said carriage, said platen, and said conveyance roller, a platen supporting member to which said platen is attached, and a front member, wherein a second right portion of said recording chassis and a second left portion of said recording chassis extend from the flat portion of the chassis toward a front side of the recording apparatus, wherein said platen supporting member and said front member are fixed to the second right portion and the second left portion by their respective lengthwise ends so that the second right portion and the second left potion are connected by said platen supporting member and said front member, and wherein said front member is disposed downstream of said platen supporting member; and a sheet feeding unit including a first feeding path for feeding the recording material from a rear side of said apparatus toward said conveyance roller, a second feeding path for reversing and feeding the recording material from below said platen toward said conveyance roller, and a side chassis supporting said first feeding path and said second feeding path at laterally opposite positions with respect to a feeding direction of the recording material, wherein said side chassis of said sheet feeding unit is fixed to the flat portion of the recording chassis.