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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2014
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitsugu Tokai, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a recording apparatus including a support stage which support a recording medium, a recording processing section which includes a recording unit for performing recording on the supported recording medium and is bridged so as to cross over the support stage in an X-axis direction, a Y-axis moving section which moves the recording processing section in a Y-axis direction with respect to the support stage, a rear bumper section which is arranged on the rear side of the recording processing section in the Y-axis direction and absorbs impact from collision with a foreign matter, and a first detection section which detects whether or not a distance between the recording medium A and the recording unit is less than a predetermined value, in which at least a part of the first detection section is arranged inside the rear bumper section.