IP Library Granted Patent US 9,409,422
Granted Patent B2
US 9,409,422 · App. 14/886,384 · Granted Aug 9, 2016

Ink-jet recording apparatus

Inventor: Noriyuki Kawamata (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
B41J11/04B41J2/01B41J11/0035B41J11/14B41J11/20B41J11/00B41J11/02
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,409,422
App. No.
14/886,384
Granted
Aug 9, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a transporting roller; a driven roller provided opposite the transporting roller to sandwich the recording medium between the driven roller and the transporting roller, while moving in an approaching-departing direction based on a thickness of the recording medium; a first biasing member biasing the driven roller to the transporting roller; a platen; a recording portion configured to jet ink droplets from nozzles; and a cooperative portion moving along with the movement of the driven roller in the approaching-departing direction to move the platen.

Claims (12)

1. An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising:

a transporting roller provided in a transport path through which a recording medium is guided;

a driven roller provided opposite the transporting roller to sandwich the recording medium between the driven roller and the transporting roller and to transport the recording medium along the transport path in a transporting direction;

a roller holder rotatably supporting the driven roller and configured to move in an approaching-departing direction along which the driven roller approaches and departs from the transporting roller based on a thickness of the recording medium sandwiched between the driven roller and the transporting roller;

a first biasing member biasing the roller holder toward the transporting roller;

a recording head provided above the transport path and including nozzles which eject ink droplets;

a first contact member configured to contact a first surface of the recording medium; and

a second contact member configured to contact a second surface of the recording medium opposite to the first surface of the recording medium,

wherein the first contact member and the second contact member are configured to sandwich the recording medium at a position between the transporting roller and the nozzles with respect to the transporting direction, and

wherein the roller holder is configured to, when moving away from the transporting roller, press the second contact member and change a distance between the first contact member and the second contact member with respect to the approaching-departing direction.

2. The ink-jet recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprises a second biasing member biasing the second contact member toward the first contact member.

3. The ink-jet recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second contact member is provided below the transport path to face the recording head and configured to support, on a downstream side of the transporting roller in the transporting direction, the recording medium transported through the transport path.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-259604 · Nov 28, 2011 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 14598382 · Jan 16, 2015
Continuation 14305576 · Jun 16, 2014
Continuation 13629906 · Sep 28, 2012
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