Title:
画像記録装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4998626
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An image recording apparatus including: a recording portion configured to record an image; a tray on which a first recording medium is placed, wherein the recording portion is configured to record the image on the first recording medium; a convey path through which is conveyed one of a second recording medium and the tray on which the first recording medium is placed, wherein the recording portion is configured to record the image on the second recording medium; a tray guide whose posture is changeable among (a) a first posture in which the tray guide supports the tray such that the tray is enabled to enter into the convey path, (b) a second posture in which the tray guide is located at a position different from a position of the tray guide in the first posture in a direction intersecting the convey path, and the tray guide is located on a downstream side of the position of the tray guide in the first posture in a tray-enter direction in which the tray enters into the convey path, and (c) a third posture in which an upstream portion of the tray guide in the tray-enter direction is nearer to the convey path than the upstream portion of the tray guide in the second posture; a first posture-change portion configured to change the posture of the tray guide from the second posture to the third posture by pivoting the tray guide in the second posture about a downstream portion of the tray guide in the tray-enter direction such that the upstream portion of the tray guide is moved toward the convey path; and a second posture-change portion configured to change the posture of the tray guide from the third posture to the first posture by moving the downstream portion of the tray guide in the third posture toward the convey path and by moving the tray guide to an upstream side thereof in the tray-enter direction.
Inventors:
Kyohei Ohta
Shota Iijima
Tanahashi Makoto
Sane Iwane
Shingo Ito
Shota Iijima
Tanahashi Makoto
Sane Iwane
Shingo Ito
Application Number:
JP2011010789A
Publication Date:
August 15, 2012
Filing Date:
January 21, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Brother Industries, Ltd.
International Classes:
B65H5/38; B41J13/12
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2006088654A | ||||
| JP2005247584A | ||||
| JP2010037095A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Nobuo Nishiki
Tomohiro Matsuda
Tomohiro Matsuda