US 12,128,694 B2
Recording apparatus
Keisuke Sasaki, Matsumoto (JP); and Haruki Miyasaka, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/331,506.
Application 18/331,506 is a continuation of application No. 16/876,277, filed on May 18, 2020, granted, now 11,707,940.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-095327 (JP), filed on May 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311549 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 29/13 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 13/10 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B41J 25/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 29/13 (2013.01) [B41J 2/01 (2013.01); B41J 13/10 (2013.01); B41J 15/04 (2013.01); B41J 25/001 (2013.01); H04N 1/0057 (2013.01); H04N 1/00631 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recording apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a recording section that performs a recording operation on a medium, the recording section being disposed inside the housing;
a storage section that stores the medium;
a transport route along which the medium is transported, the transport route extending between the storage section and the recording section;
a transport section that transports the medium along the transport route;
a reading section that reads an original sheet, the reading section being positioned higher than the recording section;
a supply section that supplies the original sheet to the reading section;
an ejection section that ejects the original sheet that has been read by the reading section;
a supply route through which the original sheet passes, the supply route extending between the supply section and the ejection section; and
a separation section that separates the medium from other media stored in the storage section,
the separation section being positioned behind the reading section in the depth direction, wherein
the housing has a front surface with an ejection hole through which the medium on which the recording section has performed the recording operation is ejected,
the reading section is positioned behind the recording section in a depth direction, the depth direction being a direction from the front surface of the housing to a rear surface of the housing, and
the ejection hole is positioned below the reading section.