Patent ID: 8902473

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording unit that performs a recording operation on a medium; a discharge unit that discharges the medium that has undergone the recording operation by the recording unit; a medium receiving tray that receives the medium discharged from the discharge unit, the medium receiving tray being shiftable between a first state in which the medium receiving tray is drawn out in a medium discharge direction and a second state in which the medium receiving tray is retracted in a direction opposite to the medium discharge direction; and a blocking mechanism configured to be engaged with a trailing edge of the medium while the medium receiving tray is shifted from the first state to the second state, and to restrict the medium from being drawn inside, wherein the blocking mechanism includes: a plurality of rib portions formed on an upper face of the medium receiving tray, the rib portion extending in the medium discharge direction and being aligned in a direction intersecting the medium discharge direction; and a plurality of protruding portions formed on a tray chamber in which the medium receiving tray is accommodated, so as to intrude in a space between the rib portions.