US 12,420,573 B2
Recording apparatus
Takamasa Ikagawa, Matsumoto (JP); and Akinobu Nakahata, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/588,888.
Application 18/588,888 is a continuation of application No. 18/150,459, filed on Jan. 5, 2023, granted, now 11,964,474.
Application 18/150,459 is a continuation of application No. 17/197,454, filed on Mar. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,597,220, issued on Mar. 7, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-044187 (JP), filed on Mar. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0198702 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 2/18 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/185 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/10 (2006.01); B41J 29/56 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 13/106 (2013.01) [B41J 2/16505 (2013.01); B41J 2/185 (2013.01); B41J 13/0054 (2013.01); B41J 13/0072 (2013.01); B41J 13/103 (2013.01); B41J 29/56 (2013.01); B41J 2002/1856 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recording apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of medium containing units that is provided along a vertical direction and contains a medium before recording;
a liquid ejecting head that performs recording by ejecting a liquid toward the medium; and
at least one liquid containing unit that contains the liquid; wherein
the plurality of medium containing units includes
a first medium containing unit located at an uppermost position, and
a second medium containing unit located below the first medium containing unit,
a size of the first medium containing unit in a medium feeding-out direction, in which the medium is fed out, is smaller than a size of the second medium containing unit in the medium feeding-out direction, and
further comprising
a pickup roller that feeds out the medium contained in the first medium containing unit; and
a pair of feeding rollers that feeds the medium fed out by the pickup roller; wherein
the at least one liquid containing unit has a same level of height as the pickup roller and the pair of feeding rollers in the vertical direction.