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Granted Patent B2
US 9,278,558 · App. 13/960,306 · Granted Mar 8, 2016

Image recording device

Inventors: Tetsuo Asada (Nagoya, JP); Hirotaka Aoki (Nagoya, JP); Satoru Nakakita (Nagoya, JP); Shota Iljima (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B41J13/10H04N1/04
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,278,558
App. No.
13/960,306
Granted
Mar 8, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image reading device includes a tray unit, a recording unit disposed above the tray unit, an outer guide defining a curved path extending from the tray unit to the recording unit, a sheet feeder configured to feed a sheet from the tray unit to the curved path, and a return guide disposed between the recording unit and the tray unit. The return guide pivots about a shaft and guides the sheet having an image recorded thereon back to the curved path. The tray unit includes at least one supporting portion. The return guide includes at least one supported portion. The at least one supporting portion of the tray unit engages the at least one supported portion of the return guide such that the return guide takes a guiding position in which the return guide defines a return path extending to the curved path.

Claims (18)

1. An image recording device comprising:

a first tray configured to hold a sheet;

a second tray disposed above the first tray and comprising:

a sheet holding portion configured to hold a sheet thereon, and

a positioning member configured to contact an edge of the sheet held on the sheet holding portion and to position the sheet relative to the sheet holding portion;

a sheet feeder configured to feed a sheet in a feed direction selectively from the first tray and the second tray;

a recording unit configured to record an image on the sheet fed by the sheet feeder; and

an intermediate plate disposed above the second tray and below the recording unit and comprising a contact portion,

wherein the second tray is configured to move relative to the first tray between a first position and a second position which is downstream of the first position in the feed direction, and

wherein the positioning member of the second tray is configured to contact and support the contact portion of the intermediate plate when the second tray is in the second position.

2. The image recording device according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning member of the second tray is disposed between opposite ends of the second tray in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction.

3. The image recording device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact portion of the intermediate plate protrudes downward from a lower surface of the intermediate plate.

4. The image recording device according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning member of the second tray has a flat surface configured to contact the contact portion of the intermediate plate.

5. The image recording device according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate plate is configured to guide the sheet having an image recorded thereon back to the recording unit.

6. The image recording device according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate plate is configured to pivot about a pivot axis extending in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction.

7. The image recording device according to claim 1 , wherein the positioning member of the second tray comprises a first positioning portion and a second positioning portion which are movable relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction.

8. The image recording device according to claim 7 , wherein the contact portion of the intermediate plate comprises a first contact portion and a second contact portion which are configured to be supported respectively by the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion of the positioning member of the second tray when the second tray is in the second position.

9. The image recording device according to claim 8 , wherein the contact portion of the intermediate plate further comprises a third contact portion and a fourth contact portion, and the first tray comprises a first side plate and a second side plate which are opposite to each other in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction and are configured to respectively support the third contact portion and the fourth contact portion.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-018605 · Jan 29, 2010 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12892377 · Sep 28, 2010
Related Publication 20130321548A1 · Dec 5, 2013