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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2011
Toru Mizuno, Nagoya, JP;
Kenta Horade, Tokai, JP;
Toru Mizuno, Nagoya, JP;
Kenta Horade, Tokai, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus including: (i) a first controlling portion configured to intermittently convey a following sheet at a second velocity together with intermittent conveyance of a preceding sheet at a first velocity higher than the second velocity; (ii) a predicting portion configured to predict one of the successive intermittent conveyances of the following sheet which is performed together with one of the successive intermittent conveyances of the preceding sheet which causes the trailing end of the preceding sheet to pass a reference position; and (iii) a second controlling portion configured to inhibit the predicted one of the successive intermittent conveyances of the following sheet, and configured to convey the following sheet at a third conveying velocity higher than the second conveying velocity, from a point of time at which the trailing end of the preceding sheet passes the reference position, such that conveyance of the following sheet at the third conveying velocity is stopped without a leading end of the following sheet being brought into contact with the trailing end of the preceding sheet.