Patent ID: 9352590
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: B41J,B65H

Claim Text:
1. An image recording apparatus, comprising: a sheet supply roller configured to supply a sheet to a sheet feeding path; a sheet feed roller configured to feed the sheet supplied to the sheet feeding path by the sheet supply roller downstream in a sheet feeding direction in which the sheet is fed; a discharge roller configured to discharge the sheet fed by the sheet feed roller downstream in the sheet feeding direction; a drive motor configured to drive a first shaft for rotating the sheet feed roller; a first transmitting mechanism configured to transmit a rotary motion of the first shaft to a second shaft for rotating the discharge roller; a second transmitting mechanism configured to transmit a rotary motion of the second shaft to a third shaft for rotating the sheet supply roller; a carriage disposed between the sheet feed roller and the discharge roller in the sheet feeding direction and configured to reciprocate in a width direction orthogonal to the sheet feeding direction; a recording head mounted on the carriage and configured to eject ink from nozzles to the sheet that is being fed in the sheet feeding path; and a first switching mechanism configured to be placed selectively in one of a first state in which the rotary motion of the second shaft is transmitted to the third shaft and a second state in which the rotary motion of the second shaft is not transmitted to the third shaft.