Patent ID: 9352918
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: B65H

Claim Text:
1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a first tray on which a sheet is to be placed; a case in which a first conveyance path is formed, the first conveyance path including a curved portion curved upward from the first tray and an extended portion connected to the curved portion; a feed roller configured to feed the sheet from the first tray along the first conveyance path in a conveyance direction; a conveyance roller arranged at downstream side of the feed roller in the conveyance direction in the first conveyance path, and configured to convey the sheet; a recording unit arranged at downstream side of the conveyance roller in the conveyance direction in the first conveyance path, and configured to record an image on the sheet conveyed through the extended portion of the first conveyance path; a first guide member arranged at upstream side of the conveyance roller in the conveyance direction, configured to define an outside of the curved portion of the first conveyance path, and configured to be pivotable between a first position at which the curved portion is defined by the first guide member and a second position at which the curved portion is opened by the first guide member, with an upstream side portion in the conveyance direction thereof as a first pivot shaft and with a downstream side portion in the conveyance direction thereof as a first pivot front-end; a second guide member configured to define an inside of the curved portion of the first conveyance path; and a third guide member provided for the first guide member at a position on a side of the first pivot front-end, configured to be pivotable between a third position and a fourth position, and having a second pivot front-end projecting in the conveyance direction from the first pivot front-end of the first guide member, wherein in a state that the third guide member is positioned at the third position, the second pivot front-end is positioned at an inner side of a curvature with respect to the first guide member, a distance from the second pivot front-end to the first pivot shaft in a state that the third guide member is positioned at the fourth position is longer than a distance from the second pivot front-end to the first pivot shaft in the state that the third guide member is positioned at the third position, the third guide member is arranged in such a part of the first guide member as to extend in a widthwise direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, the first guide member is provided with a plurality of ribs projecting toward the second guide member and extending along the conveyance direction, and each rib provided in a location corresponding to the third guide member in the widthwise direction projects toward the second guide member longer than other ribs provided in locations arranged at both sides, of the location corresponding to the third guide member, in the widthwise direction.