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Granted Patent B2
US 9,457,594 · App. 14/795,460 · Granted Oct 4, 2016

Image recording apparatus

Inventors: Kenji Samoto (Nagoya, JP); Yuji Koga (Nagoya, JP); Takashi Omura (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B41J11/0045B41J3/60B41J13/00B41J13/10B65H5/068B65H5/26B65H29/58B65H83/00B65H85/00
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Patent No.
US 9,457,594
App. No.
14/795,460
Granted
Oct 4, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image recording apparatus includes a first upper-position guide member, a first lower-position guide member defining a first feeding path and a first feeding portion feeding a sheet in a feeding direction along the first feeding path. The image recording apparatus further includes a recording portion located downstream of the first feeding portion in the feeding direction, a second upper-position guide member, a second lower-position guide member defining a second feeding path and a second feeding portion comprising at least one pair of rollers each consisting of an upper-position roller and a lower-position roller. The second feeding portion feeds the sheet along the second feeding path and a first axis of the upper-position roller is located upstream of a second axis of the lower-position roller in the feeding direction.

Claims (9)

1. An image recording apparatus comprising:

a first upper-position guide member and a first lower-position guide member opposed to each other and defining a first feeding path through which a sheet is fed in a feeding direction;

a second upper-position guide member and a second lower-position guide member opposed to each other and defining a second feeding path which is connected to a connected position in the first feeding path, wherein the second feeding path extends obliquely downward from the connecting position; and

at least one pair of rollers each consisting of an upper-position roller and a lower-position roller which is located downstream of the connecting position in the feeding direction, wherein the at least one pair of rollers is configured to feed the sheet along the second feeding path, and a first axis of the upper-position roller is located upstream of a second axis of the lower-position roller in the feeding direction, and

wherein the at least one pair of rollers is disposed such that, among four angles made by a first imaginary plane including the first axis and the second axis and a second imaginary plane extending along the second feeding path when viewed in a direction in which the first axis extends, one angle made by one of opposite faces of the first imaginary plane closer to the second upper-position guide member and one of opposite faces of the second imaginary plane closer to the second upper-position guide member is equal to or smaller than 90 degrees.

2. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a feeding portion located upstream of the connecting position in the feeding direction and configured to feed the sheet in the feeding direction along the first feeding path.

3. The image recording apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a recording portion located downstream of the feeding portion in the feeding direction and configured to record an image on the sheet fed in the first feeding path.

4. The image recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one pair of rollers is disposed such that the first axis of the upper-position roller is located at a position higher than the second axis of the lower-position roller.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2015
From: SAMOTO, KENJI; KOGA, YUJI; OMURA, TAKASHI
To: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 036048/0305 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-070615 · Mar 27, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13851719 · Mar 27, 2013
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