Patent ID: 9663319
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. An image recording apparatus comprising: an image recording section configured to record an image of a sheet, wherein the image recording section includes: a first transport path having a U-shape through which one or more sheets are transported, wherein the U-shape extends from a lower-side to an upper-side of the image recording apparatus, and a second transport path extending from a curved portion of the first transport path to a tray of the image recording apparatus, the second transport path being different from the first transport path; the tray being disposed outside a rear side surface of the image recording apparatus at a first end of the second transport path and including a placement surface on which a sheet is placed, wherein the tray is configured to pivot about a pivot point adjacent to the rear side surface between a first position and a second position in which the tray is further away from the rear side surface of the image recording apparatus than the first position; a restriction plate disposed outside the rear side surface of the image recording apparatus and configured to pivot around a pivot point on the tray between a third position and a fourth position based on whether the tray is in the first position or the second position, the restriction plate extending across at least a center of the tray in a width direction when in the fourth position, the tray having a remote surface farthest from the pivot point of the tray and the restriction plate having a remote surface farthest from the pivot point of the restriction plate; an inlet which is disposed on the rear side surface of the image recording apparatus and through which the sheet is inserted from the tray to the second transport path; and a first feeding section configured to feed the sheet through the net toward the image recording section in a sheet feeding direction, wherein, when the tray is positioned in the first position, the tray holds the restriction plate in the third position and the remote surface of the restriction plate contacts the remote surface of the tray, and when the tray is positioned in the second position and the restriction plate is positioned in the fourth position, the restriction plate forms, with the placement surface of the tray, a gap through which the sheet is fed.