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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2014
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Noriyuki Kawamata, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuhira Ota, Yatomi, JP;
Masao Mimoto, Nagoya, JP;
Iwane Sano, Obu, JP;
Jie Xiu, Nagoya, JP;
Keisuke Wakakusa, Nagoya, JP;
Shingo Ito, Kasugai, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An ink-jet recording apparatus includes: a base member; a conveyor unit for conveying a sheet in a first direction; and a recording unit for ejecting ink when opposed to a sheet in a second direction. The base member includes: a first side base portion; a second side base portion; a center base portion located between the first side base portion and the second side base portion in a third direction; first and second side walls extending in the first direction and projecting in the second direction from opposite edge portions of the center base portion in the third direction; and a main board connecting the first side wall and the second side wall and configured to support the conveyor unit and the recording unit. The main board is greater in stiffness than the first side wall and the second side wall.