Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a liquid container provided on the carriage and in which a liquid is to be injected, the liquid container having a liquid level check portion through which a level of the liquid in the liquid container is visually checked, a recording head disposed in the carriage, and an operation panel disposed on a front surface of the apparatus along the width direction, the operation panel and an exposure section through which the liquid level check portion is exposed are disposed such that the operation panel and the exposure section are visually checked, and the carriage is moved from a home position toward the exposure section and the operation panel and the liquid level check portion are arranged in the width direction when the apparatus side surface is viewed from the front side.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a silica member characterized in that the silica member is equipped with a body section comprising a silica glass, the body section is equipped with an other member joining section for another member, the other member joining section is provided with, in order from the body section side, an underlayer, an intermediate layer, and a surface layer formed from Au, the porosity of the underlayer is within the range of 5-10%, the porosity of the intermediate layer is within the range of 4-5%, the thickness of the underlayer is within the range of 20-100 nm, and the thickness of the intermediate layer is within the range of 100-200 nm.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a reading unit reading a medium transported through a medium transportation path and a pair of frames supporting the reading unit. The pair of frames includes a first frame and a second frame that is disposed with an interval provided between the first frame and the second frame in the width direction, at least one of the first frame and the second frame is provided with an opening portion penetrable by the reading unit, and the first frame and the second frame support the reading unit penetrating, via the opening portion, the first frame and the second frame while being disposed between the first frame and the second frame.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser device includes a laser resonator including a layered structure in which a lower cladding layer, an active layer, and an upper cladding layer are formed over a semiconductor substrate, and a ridge that is formed on the upper cladding layer. The laser resonator emits laser light having a beam profile. When viewed in plan from a direction orthogonal to the semiconductor substrate, the laser resonator has an emission area on its emission end face. When the emission end face of the laser resonator is viewed in front, a virtual line defined by the intensity being 1/e2 of the peak intensity of the beam profile of the laser light fits inside the upper cladding layer in the emission area.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: an apparatus main body having a recording unit that performs recording onto a recording medium; and a unit body which is provided on an upper side of the apparatus main body, and forms a plurality of boundaries between the unit body and a top of the apparatus main body, wherein a recess that receives liquid entering through a gap is formed for each of the plurality of boundaries.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head, an ink tank that is disposed above the recording head, a carriage on which the recording head and the ink tank are mounted, a scanner unit that is attached to the upper portion of the casing via a pivot shaft so as to pivot with respect to the casing and that reads a document placed on the document table, and a panel unit in which the scanner unit is attached to an end portion disposed on the opposite side to the pivot shaft and is configured to tilt between a first orientation and a second orientation closer to the document table than the first orientation, and by pivoting the scanner unit with respect to the casing to expose the ink tank, ink is injected from the refill container into the ink tank and the remaining amount of liquid is viewed.

Abstract: A recording device includes a housing including a recording mechanism unit configured to perform recording on a target recording medium, and a recording mechanism unit cover configured to rotate, by a rotational shaft along a first side surface of the housing, between an open state of an upper surface of the housing being open and a closed state of the upper surface of the housing being closed. The recording mechanism unit cover is configured to be inside the housing in the closed state and a second side surface and a third side surface of the recording mechanism unit cover that intersect the first side surface of the housing in the closed state are provided with a rib configured to support a second side surface or a third side surface of the housing that intersects the first side surface of the housing.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a liquid container provided on the carriage and in which a liquid is to be injected, the liquid container having a liquid level check portion through which a level of the liquid in the liquid container is visually checked, a recording head disposed in the carriage, and an operation panel disposed on a front surface of the apparatus along the width direction, the operation panel and an exposure section through which the liquid level check portion is exposed are disposed such that the operation panel and the exposure section are visually checked, and the carriage is moved from a home position toward the exposure section and the operation panel and the liquid level check portion are arranged in the width direction when the apparatus side surface is viewed from the front side.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a liquid container provided on the carriage and in which a liquid is to be injected, the liquid container having a liquid level check portion through which a level of the liquid in the liquid container is visually checked, a recording head disposed in the carriage, and an operation panel disposed on a front surface of the apparatus along the width direction, the operation panel and an exposure section through which the liquid level check portion is exposed are disposed such that the operation panel and the exposure section are visually checked, and the carriage is moved from a home position toward the exposure section and the operation panel and the liquid level check portion are arranged in the width direction when the apparatus side surface is viewed from the front side.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head, an ink tank that is disposed above the recording head, a carriage on which the recording head and the ink tank are mounted, a scanner unit that is attached to the upper portion of the casing via a pivot shaft so as to pivot with respect to the casing and that reads a document placed on the document table, and a panel unit in which the scanner unit is attached to an end portion disposed on the opposite side to the pivot shaft and is configured to tilt between a first orientation and a second orientation closer to the document table than the first orientation, and by pivoting the scanner unit with respect to the casing to expose the ink tank, ink is injected from the refill container into the ink tank and the remaining amount of liquid is viewed.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit and a document reading unit. The recording unit includes a shaft, and the document reading unit includes a groove forming member. In the groove, an elastically deformable portion configured to make the width of the groove narrower than a maximum diameter of the shaft The shaft has a shape in which a radial dimension changes along a circumferential direction and is provided so as to rotate, and when the elastically deformable portion passes through the shaft in the process of opening the document reading unit from the closed state, the rotation of the shaft is regulated such that the radial dimension of the shaft with respect to the width of the groove is equal to or less than a first dimension smaller than the maximum dimension.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head, an ink tank that is disposed above the recording head, a carriage on which the recording head and the ink tank are mounted, a scanner unit that is attached to the upper portion of the casing via a pivot shaft so as to pivot with respect to the casing and that reads a document placed on the document table, and a panel unit in which the scanner unit is attached to an end portion disposed on the opposite side to the pivot shaft and is configured to tilt between a first orientation and a second orientation closer to the document table than the first orientation, and by pivoting the scanner unit with respect to the casing to expose the ink tank, ink is injected from the refill container into the ink tank and the remaining amount of liquid is viewed.

Abstract: In an image reading apparatus, a controller detects a plurality of detection points along a first edge, sets one of the detection points arranged along the first edge which is closest to a center of a sheet placement area in a second axial direction, and determines a reference read position in the second axial direction, based on the selected detection point. Furthermore, the controller detects a plurality of detection points along a second edge, sets one of the detection points arranged along the second edge which is closest to a center of the sheet placement area in a first axial direction, and determines a reference read position in the first axial direction, based on the selected detection point.

Abstract: A recording device includes a housing including a recording mechanism unit configured to perform recording on a target recording medium, and a recording mechanism unit cover configured to rotate, by a rotational shaft along a first side surface of the housing, between an open state of an upper surface of the housing being open and a closed state of the upper surface of the housing being closed. The recording mechanism unit cover is configured to be inside the housing in the closed state and a second side surface and a third side surface of the recording mechanism unit cover that intersect the first side surface of the housing in the closed state are provided with a rib configured to support a second side surface or a third side surface of the housing that intersects the first side surface of the housing.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: an apparatus main body having a recording unit that performs recording onto a recording medium; and a document reading mechanism unit having a reading unit that reads a document and a document transport unit that transports a document to the reading unit, the document reading mechanism unit being provided in an upper part of the apparatus main body, wherein the apparatus main body includes: a feed roller that feeds the recording medium toward the front of the apparatus; and a frame having a frame surface intersecting the horizontal direction, the frame being located between the feed roller and the recording unit in an apparatus depth direction, and a part of the document reading mechanism unit overlaps the feed roller in the apparatus depth direction, and overlaps the frame in the vertical direction.

Abstract: In an image reading apparatus, a controller detects a plurality of detection points along a first edge, sets one of the detection points arranged along the first edge which is closest to a center of a sheet placement area in a second axial direction, and determines a reference read position in the second axial direction, based on the selected detection point. Furthermore, the controller detects a plurality of detection points along a second edge, sets one of the detection points arranged along the second edge which is closest to a center of the sheet placement area in a first axial direction, and determines a reference read position in the first axial direction, based on the selected detection point.

Abstract: A printer includes: a restriction unit that is in a rotation allowing state in which opening of a scanner unit from a closed state is allowed when a panel unit is in a first posture and is in a restriction state in which opening of the scanner unit from the closed state is restricted when the panel unit is tilted from the first posture to a second posture; and a posture holding unit that is in a tiltable state in which the posture of the panel unit is tilted from the first posture to the second posture when the scanner unit is in a closed state and is in a posture holding state in which the posture of the panel unit is held in the first posture when the scanner unit is rotated from the closed state in an opening direction.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit and a document reading unit. The recording unit includes a shaft, and the document reading unit includes a groove forming member. In the groove, an elastically deformable portion configured to make the width of the groove narrower than a maximum diameter of the shaft The shaft has a shape in which a radial dimension changes along a circumferential direction and is provided so as to rotate, and when the elastically deformable portion passes through the shaft in the process of opening the document reading unit from the closed state, the rotation of the shaft is regulated such that the radial dimension of the shaft with respect to the width of the groove is equal to or less than a first dimension smaller than the maximum dimension.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: an apparatus main body having a recording unit that performs recording onto a recording medium; and a unit body which is provided on an upper side of the apparatus main body, and forms a plurality of boundaries between the unit body and a top of the apparatus main body, wherein a recess that receives liquid entering through a gap is formed for each of the plurality of boundaries.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a liquid container provided on the carriage and in which a liquid is to be injected, the liquid container having a liquid level check portion through which a level of the liquid in the liquid container is visually checked, a recording head disposed in the carriage, and an operation panel disposed on a front surface of the apparatus along the width direction, the operation panel and an exposure section through which the liquid level check portion is exposed are disposed such that the operation panel and the exposure section are visually checked, and the carriage is moved from a home position toward the exposure section and the operation panel and the liquid level check portion are arranged in the width direction when the apparatus side surface is viewed from the front side.