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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2009
Tetsuo Asada, Kuwana, JP;
Naokazu Tanahashi, Nagoya, JP;
Shota Iijima, Nagoya, JP;
Masatoshi Izuchi, Ichinomiya, JP;
Satoru Nakakita, Nagoya, JP;
Tetsuo Asada, Kuwana, JP;
Naokazu Tanahashi, Nagoya, JP;
Shota Iijima, Nagoya, JP;
Masatoshi Izuchi, Ichinomiya, JP;
Satoru Nakakita, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus includes a particular tray, a sheet feeder configured to feed a sheet from the particular tray to a first conveying path in a feed direction, a recording unit positioned along the first conveying path, and a driving roller positioned along a second conveying path and configured to convey the sheet, after the sheet passes the recording unit, along the second conveying path and back to the first conveying path. The particular tray includes a side guide configured to position the sheets in a widthwise direction perpendicular to the feeding direction. The side guide includes a guide member that defines at least a portion of the second conveying path and is configured to guide the sheet along the second conveying path, and a driven roller rotatably supported on the guide member and configured to pinch the sheet against the driving roller as the sheet is conveyed along the second conveying path.