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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1996
Takashi Chosa, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus is provided with a carriage that causes a recording head for recording on a recording medium to relatively travel with respect to the recording medium, a mechanism unit for driving the carriage and carrying the recording medium simultaneously, and a power-supply circuit. This recording apparatus includes a slanting portion arranged for the mechanism unit as a passage for carrying the recording medium, and, in a space made available below the slanting portion, the components constituting the power-supply circuit are arranged substantially in line in the direction substantially transverse to the slanting portion of the mechanism unit. With the arrangement of such structure, the efficiency of space utilization is enhanced and the apparatus can be fabricated more compactly, thus attaining the intended miniaturization thereof.