US 12,269,277 B2
Recording apparatus
Rikuo Yamada, Yamagata-Mura (JP); and Hideaki Nishijima, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/193,756.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-061823 (JP), filed on Apr. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311546 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 29/02 (2006.01); B41J 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 25/003 (2013.01) 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recording apparatus, comprising:
a recording unit that performs recording on a medium;
a body configured to be changed in position in a position-change direction intersecting with a vertical direction, the recording unit being mounted in the body;
a switching portion configured to switch whether to restrict a change in position of the body in the position-change direction or not; and
a housing configured to house the body, wherein
the switching portion is configured to change in position between a first switching position and a second switching position at which the switching portion protrudes more from a bottom surface of the housing than at the first switching position,
the first switching position is a position at which the switching portion is located in a state of being in contact with an installation surface when the housing is installed on the installation surface,
the second switching position is a position at which the switching portion is located when the housing is not installed on the installation surface, and
the switching portion does not restrict the change in position of the body in the position-change direction when located at the first switching position and restricts the change in position of the body in the position-change direction when located at the second switching position.