US 12,291,043 B2
Recording apparatus
Ryuji Moriyama, Matsumoto (JP); Akimasa Nozawa, Tatsuno-machi (JP); Yuta Watanabe, Matsumoto (JP); and Tsutomu Ozaki, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/183,814.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-039865 (JP), filed on Mar. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0294436 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 29/02 (2006.01); B41J 29/13 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 29/02 (2013.01) [B41J 29/13 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recording apparatus comprising:
a medium supporting part configured to support a medium;
a recording unit configured to perform recording on the medium supported by the medium supporting part; and
a housing covering the medium supporting part and the recording unit, wherein
an opening for communication between inside and outside of the housing is provided in a first surface and a second surface intersecting the first surface of the housing,
the housing includes a housing cover being openable and closable and configured to cover the opening,
the housing cover includes a first cover configured to cover the opening in the first surface and a second cover configured to cover the opening in the second surface,
the first cover is coupled to the housing by a first coupling part,
the second cover is coupled to the first cover through a second coupling part,
the first coupling part couples the housing and one end portion of the first cover in a manner relatively turnable about a first direction,
the second coupling part couples another end portion of the first cover and one end of the second cover in a manner relatively turnable about the first direction, and
the housing cover is held by the housing, in a state where the housing cover is completely opened, with a rear surface of the first cover and a rear surface of the second cover overlapping each other.