Patent ID: 9227435
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising: a roller pair configured to transport a sheet in a first direction; a platen disposed downstream of the roller pair in the first direction and including a plurality of ribs spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a plurality of contact portions spaced apart from each other in the second direction, wherein each downstream end of the plurality of contact portions in the first direction extends toward the platen, and wherein the plurality of ribs includes an inclined surface that is inclined upwardly, relative to the platen, in the first direction, wherein the downstream end of the at least one of the plurality of contact portions overlaps the at least a portion of the inclined surface in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions.