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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yumi Mukoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Saeki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kurita, Saitama, JP;
Takashi Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus includes a stacking portion on which a recording medium is stacked; a recording portion for recording an image on the recording medium; a heating portion for heating the recording medium recorded by the recording portion; a discharge portion for discharging the recording medium recorded by the recording portion; a first path for conveying the recording medium in order of the stacking portion, the recording portion, the heating portion, and the discharge portion; a second path branching off from the first path between the recording portion and the heating portion, and merging with the first path downstream of the heating portion; and a third path for connecting the second path and a part of the first path between the stacking portion and the recording portion, and inverting a recording surface of the recording medium.