Patent ID: 7553012
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a lower body portion including: a curved feed pathway; an image recording device; and a recording medium feeder which feeds one by one a plurality of recording media as stacked, into the feed pathway and toward the image recording device; an upper body portion which is disposed above the lower body portion and openable with respect to the lower body portion by being displaced upward; a guide which defines at least a part of the feed pathway, and is removably placed on the lower body portion; a first engager disposed in the upper body portion; and a second engager disposed in the guide; wherein the first engager is engageable with the second engager so as to prevent the guide from coming off of the apparatus at least in a direction to an external side of the apparatus, while the upper body portion is closed with respect to the lower body portion; and wherein the first engager is released from the second engager while the upper body portion is opened with respect to the lower body portion.