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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2018
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Ito, Shiojiri, JP;
Kazuhisa Nakamura, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a recording apparatus including: a recording unit that performs recording on a medium transported in a first direction; a medium feeding unit that is positioned in a second direction opposite to the first direction of the recording unit, includes a medium supporting unit; and a medium reversing unit that reverses the medium transmitted in the second direction after the recording of the recording unit, and transmits the medium to the first direction, in which the medium feeding unit includes a first guide unit and forms a first guide surface in the downward slope toward the first direction, and a power transmission unit that transmits a driving power from a power source of the medium reversing unit to the medium reversing unit, and at least a part of the first guide unit in a vertical direction overlaps with the power transmission unit.