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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Yasumichi Okuda, Nagano, JP;
Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Nagano, JP;
Kazuhito Hori, Nagano, JP;
Naohiro Ueyama, Nagano, JP;
Yasumichi Okuda, Nagano, JP;
Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Nagano, JP;
Kazuhito Hori, Nagano, JP;
Naohiro Ueyama, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a recording material guiding device, a second guide memberis comprised of a hopper swinging surfacean edge guide memberincluding a second side end guide memberand a liftup preventing guideThe hopper swinging surfaceis engaged in an opening provided in a side surface of a reference end guideserving as a first guide memberThe second guide membercan be slid in a main scanning direction with respect to the reference end guide(first guide member). During recording a gap dcan be formed between the second side end guide memberand a side end Pa of the recording paper P by sliding the second side end guide memberfrom a first positionto a second positionso that frictional contact can be prevented at the side end Pa of the recording paper P on the second side end guide member side.