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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2014
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromichi Kitsuki, Kitakyushu, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a support unit that supports a recording medium; a feed roller that feeds the medium by rotating in contact with the recording medium supported on the support unit; and a swing member that displaces the feed roller comes in contact with and separates from the recording medium, and is provided to support the feed roller and be able to swing with a swing shaft, in which the swing member includes a regulating portion that is able to attain a first state separated from the support unit in a state in which the feed roller is in contact with the recording medium, and a second state that regulates a number of recording media set on the support unit by relatively approaching the support unit more closely than in the first state in a state in which the feed roller is separated from the recording medium.