Patent ID: 9096400
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: B41J,B65H,H05K

Abstract:
1. An image recording device: a first tray comprising a first bottom plate configured to hold thereon a first sheet; a second tray disposed below the first tray and comprising a second bottom plate configured to hold thereon a second sheet; a recording unit disposed above the first tray and configured to record an image selectively on the first sheet and the second sheet; a first feeder configured to feed the first sheet toward the recording unit in a feed direction; a second feeder configured to feed the second sheet toward the recording unit in the feed direction; a standing member disposed downstream from the first bottom plate of the first tray in the feed direction; an inner member disposed above the standing member; and an outer member comprising a first outer portion opposing the inner member, and a second outer portion disposed upstream, in the feed direction, of the first outer portion and opposing the standing member, the first outer portion and the inner member defining a first path and configured to guide, along the first path, the first sheet fed from the first tray, and the second outer portion and the standing member defining a second path and configured to guide, along the second path, the second sheet fed from the second tray, wherein the inner member comprises an outer surface opposing the first outer portion to define the first path, and an inner surface opposite from the outer surface and defining a part of the return path, the inner surface being configured to guide, along the return path, the first sheet and the second sheet which have the image recorded thereon again toward the recording unit.