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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 1/20 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); E05D 1/00 (2006.01); E05D 11/10 (2006.01); E05F 1/12 (2006.01); E05F 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00554 (2013.01); E05D 1/00 (2013.01); E05D 11/1028 (2013.01); E05F 1/1207 (2013.01); E05F 3/20 (2013.01); F16H 1/20 (2013.01); H04N 1/00535 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/606 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a rotating body that opens and closes an apparatus main body which is provided with a recording portion that performs recording on a medium and rotates between a first posture that is a closed posture and a second posture that is an open posture, a biasing unit that biases the rotating body in an opening direction, and a biasing release unit that releases an action of a biasing force applied by the biasing unit to the rotating body in a range from a third posture, which is a posture between the first posture and the second posture, to the second posture.