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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2009
Shintaro Komuro, Shiojiri, JP;
Nobuhiko Shinozaki, Shiojiri, JP;
Tomoya Takikawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a recording head, a holding tray on which a first recording material is set and which is configured to be advanced and retracted in a linear path between a first position wherein it opposes the recording head and a second position wherein it is retracted from the first position, a reverse transporting portion for transporting a second recording material which is set under the second position while reversing the second recording material in a U shape, and a path forming member for guiding the reversed, another recording material to the linear path after the recording material is bypassed above the second position.