Patent ID: 9738098
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B41J,B65H

Claim:
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; a platen provided below the recording section and configured to support the sheet; and a plurality of plates arranged in a widthwise direction perpendicular to the transport direction, wherein each end of the plurality of plates is positioned at a gap between the recording section and the platen, wherein the sheet is transported between the plurality of plates and the platen, wherein the plurality of plates includes a first plate and a second plate, wherein a width of the first plate is wider than a width of the second plate in the widthwise direction, and wherein, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction and the widthwise direction, the first plate overlaps an edge of the sheet in the widthwise direction and the second plate does not overlap the edge of the sheet in the widthwise direction.