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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2023
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Masatomo Yamaguchi, Inazawa, JP;
Yuya Tatematsu, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus includes a conveyer configured to convey a sheet-like medium along a conveying path in a conveying direction, a recorder configured to record an image on the sheet-like medium conveyed by the conveyer, a cutter unit including one or more cutters and configured to cut the sheet-like medium in the conveying path, and a scanning mechanism configured to move at least one of the one or more cutters included in the cutter unit in a scanning direction parallel to the sheet-like medium lying along the conveying path and intersecting with the conveying direction. The scanning mechanism includes a support member extending in the scanning direction and configured to support the cutter unit. The conveyer includes a path member fixed to the support member and defining a portion of the conveying path upstream of the cutter unit in the conveying direction.