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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 27, 2019
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Takeshi Aoki, Matsumoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/12 (2006.01); B65H 1/26 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B65H 3/24 (2006.01); B65H 1/24 (2006.01); B65H 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/0684 (2013.01); B41J 11/007 (2013.01); B65H 1/04 (2013.01); B65H 1/12 (2013.01); B65H 1/24 (2013.01); B65H 1/266 (2013.01); B65H 3/0615 (2013.01); B65H 3/24 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1117 (2013.01); B65H 2511/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A recording apparatus includes a placement unit on which sheets of paper are placed, a feeder that feeds a sheet, thrust mechanisms that push up the placement unit toward the feeder, and an edge guide. Each of the thrust mechanisms includes a coil spring that imparts an urging force to the placement unit, one case that is mounted on the placement unit and receives the coil spring from one end thereof and accommodates the coil spring, and another case that is disposed so as to partially overlap the one case and receives the coil spring from the other end thereof and accommodates the coil spring. The one case and the other case are configured to be movable relative to each other in the urging direction of the coil spring and to be rotatable together in the circumferential direction.


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