Patent ID: 9561670
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: B41J,B65H,G03G

Claim:
1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a conveyance mechanism configured to convey a recording medium in a conveyance direction; an image recording mechanism configured to record an image onto the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance mechanism; a housing which houses the conveyance mechanism and the image recording mechanism; a rotational tray which includes a supporting surface for supporting the recording medium and is attached to the housing to be rotatable with an angle between the rotational tray and a side surface of the housing being changeable; and a retaining mechanism which is able to retain the rotational tray in one of rotation states which are different from one another in the angle with respect to the side surface, the conveyance mechanism including: a first conveyor which includes a first conveyance passage which is linear in shape and passes a recording position where the image is recorded onto the recording medium by the image recording mechanism, the first conveyor being configured to convey the recording medium at a first conveyance speed along the first conveyance passage; a second conveyor which includes a first discharging slot formed in an outer wall of the housing and a second conveyance passage extending from an end of the first conveyance passage to the first discharging slot and being at least partially curved, the second conveyor being configured to convey the recording medium along the second conveyance passage at a second conveyance speed lower than the first conveyance speed; a third conveyor which includes a second discharging slot formed in the side surface of the housing and a third conveyance passage which extends from the end of the first conveyance passage to the second discharging slot, is in parallel to the first conveyance passage, and is linear in shape, the third conveyor being configured to convey the recording medium along third conveyance passage at a third conveyance speed which is less different from the first conveyance speed than the second conveyance speed is from the first conveyance speed; and a switcher configured to switch a conveyance destination of the recording medium conveyed on the first conveyance passage between the second conveyance passage and the third conveyance passage, the retaining mechanism being configured to retain the rotational tray in one of: an open state in which the second discharging slot is opened and the recording medium discharged from the second discharging slot is supportable by the supporting surface; a closed state in which the second discharging slot is closed by the supporting surface; and an intermediate state between the open state and the closed state, in which the recording medium discharged from the second discharging slot is allowed to be guided in a direction along the supporting surface.