Patent ID: 9227431
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B41J,B65H

Claim Text:
1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a roller pair configured to nip a sheet therebetween and transport the sheet in a transport direction; a recording section provided downstream of a nip point of the roller pair in the transport direction and including nozzles that discharge ink to the sheet; and a plurality of abutment portions spaced apart from each other in a widthwise direction perpendicular to the transport direction and provided between the nip point and the nozzles in the transport direction, wherein the plurality of abutment portions includes a first adjacent pair of abutment portions and a second adjacent pair of abutment portions in the widthwise direction, wherein at least one of the plurality of abutment portions is configured to abut against an upper surface of the sheet, wherein in a case that the sheet has a first size which is a standard size, one abutment portion of the first adjacent pair of abutment portions abuts against an edge of the sheet in the widthwise direction, and wherein in a case that the sheet has a second size which is another standard size and different from the first size, the second adjacent pair of abutment portions does not abut against the edge of the sheet in the widthwise direction, and wherein the edge of the sheet is located between the second adjacent pair of abutment portions in the widthwise direction.