Patent ID: 9533517
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising: a conveyance roller pair configured to convey a sheet guided through a conveyance path in a conveyance direction; a recording section having a nozzle surface provided with nozzles and configured to jet ink droplets from the nozzles and to record an image on the sheet conveyed by the conveyance roller pair; a platen arranged to face the recording section; a first support frame configured to support the recording section; a first contact member supported by the first support frame, arranged upstream of the nozzles in the conveyance direction, extended toward the platen, and configured to contact with the sheet; a discharge roller arranged downstream of the nozzles in the conveyance direction; a second support frame configured to support the discharge roller; and a spur arranged to face the discharge roller and configured to contact with the sheet from the same direction as the first contact member, wherein the first support frame is supported by the second support frame, and a contact part, at which the first contact member contacts with the sheet, and a nip position, at which the discharge roller and the spur nip the sheet, are located at the same position in a width direction intersecting the conveyance direction and being parallel to the nozzle surface, and have the same shortest distance from a virtual surface including the nozzle surface.