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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2014
Masao Mimoto, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuhira Ota, Yatomi, JP;
Jie Xiu, Nagoya, JP;
Noriyuki Kawamata, Nagoya, JP;
Keisuke Wakakusa, Nagoya, JP;
Iwane Sano, Obu, JP;
Shingo Ito, Kasugai, JP;
Masao Mimoto, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuhira Ota, Yatomi, JP;
Jie Xiu, Nagoya, JP;
Noriyuki Kawamata, Nagoya, JP;
Keisuke Wakakusa, Nagoya, JP;
Iwane Sano, Obu, JP;
Shingo Ito, Kasugai, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a support member having a plurality of ribs and supporting the sheet; a head disposed above the support member and ejecting ink to the sheet supported by the support member; and at least one contact portion disposed upstream of the head and configured to come in contact with the sheet so as to make the sheet a waved shape. The support member includes a first support portion comprising at least one first guide portions disposed corresponding to the at least one contact portion, and a plurality of second guide portions disposed corresponding to the plurality of ribs and disposed above the plurality of first guide portions. The support member further comprises a second support portion comprising a third guide portion disposed downstream of the first support portion.