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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Saeki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kurita, Saitama, JP;
Yumi Mukoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus includes a recording unit that records an image on a recording medium, a discharge unit configured to discharge the recording medium on which recording has been performed by the recording unit, a first conveying path for conveying the recording medium from the recording unit to the discharge unit, a heating unit configured to heat the recording medium on which recording has been performed by the recording unit and disposed on the first conveying path, and a second conveying path configured to branch off from the first conveying path at a branching portion between the heating unit and the discharge unit and configured to merge with the first conveying path between the recording unit and a stacking unit on the first conveying path.