Recording apparatus and recording medium conveying apparatus
US7063417B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 30, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jun 20, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J3/60
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A recording apparatus capable of preventing a recording medium from contacting a recording unit and causing a jam thereof on conveying is provided.The recording apparatus of the present invention has a paper feed roller placed further upstream in a conveying direction in a normal conveying direction of the recording medium than a record head for recording on recording paper and a sheet inverting portion for inverting the recording paper like a loop and feeding it to the paper feed roller. The recording apparatus is constituted to stand by, for a predetermined time, for the conveying of the recording paper in a state in which a leading end of a backside of the recording paper in the normal conveying direction is in the sheet inverting portion in the process of inverting the recording paper in the sheet inverting portion.
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