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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2008
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 member is comprised of a hopper swinging surface, an edge guide member including a second side end guide member, and a liftup preventing guide. The hopper swinging surface is engaged in an opening provided in a side surface of a reference end guide serving as a first guide member. The second guide member can be slid in a main scanning direction with respect to the reference end guide (first guide member). During recording, a gap can be formed between the second side end guide member and a side end of the recording paper by sliding the second side end guide member from a first position to a second position, so that frictional contact can be prevented at the side end of the recording paper on the second side end guide member side.