Recording system, post-processing apparatus, and transport apparatus

1. A recording apparatus comprising:

a recording portion which has a recording head and a discharge path, records an image on a medium by the head, and discharges the medium from the discharge path, wherein the recording portion has a discharge port on a downstream side of the discharge path;

a transport portion which transports the medium on which the image is recorded by the recording portion to a post-processing apparatus, and

a housing accommodating the recording portion and the transport portion in a state of being aligned in the horizontal direction,

wherein the transport portion includes a transport mechanism which transports the medium transported to the inside of the transport portion via the discharge path to the post-processing apparatus, and a loading portion which is disposed above a part of the transport portion, and loads the medium on which the image is recorded via the discharge path, wherein the loading portion is disposed below a lower side than the discharge port.

2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the recording portion includes a branch portion on the downstream side of the discharge path, a first discharge path which passes through the transport mechanism from the branch portion, a second discharge path which passes through the loading portion, and a pull-out portion,

wherein the pull-out portion includes the discharge path, the branch portion, the second discharge path, and the discharge port, and

wherein, above the loading portion, the branch portion is capable of pulling out the pull-out portion from the recording portion to a position that overlaps a part of the loading portion.

3. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the transport mechanism has a lead-out path which extends upward from a lower part of the loading portion, and leads out the medium on which the image is recorded to the post-processing apparatus, and

wherein the lead-out path is provided further toward the post-processing apparatus than the loading portion.

4. The recording apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein a surface of the housing of the transport portion which accommodates the lead-out path configures a part of the loading portion.

5. The recording apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the lead-out path has a path which is curved in a projected shape with respect to the recording portion side, above the loading portion, and

wherein the curved path overlaps a part of the loading portion in the vertical direction.

6. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the transport portion has a switching path which reverses the medium on which the image is recorded as a part of the path of the transport mechanism, and

wherein the loading portion is disposed to overlap the switching path in the vertical direction.

7. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the loading portion is capable of switching a first state of covering an upper part of the transport portion, and a second state of exposing the upper part of the transport portion.

8. The recording apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the discharge path includes a common discharge path that branches at least into a first discharge path and a second discharge path,

wherein the transport portion includes a lead-in path to an inside of the transport portion that is connected with the first discharge path, and

wherein the transport mechanism receives the medium from the first discharge path via the lead-in path and transports the medium transported to the inside of the transport portion via the first discharge path and the lead-in path to the post-processing apparatus,

wherein the loading portion loads the medium on which the image is recorded via the second discharge path.

9. The recording apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the recording portion includes a discharge port,

wherein the transport portion includes a lead-in path to an inside of the transport portion,

wherein the transport mechanism receives the medium from the discharge path via the lead-in path and transports the medium transported to the inside of the transport portion via the discharge path and the lead-in path to the post-processing apparatus,

wherein the loading portion loads the medium on which the image is recorded via the discharge path through the discharge port.