Patent ID: 7435025
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus comprising: an accommodation section on which sheet-like recording media are stacked; an image recording section that forms an image on a recording medium conveyed in a conveyance direction, the accommodation section and the image recording section being arranged in an up and down direction; an outer arcuate guide member that connects in a U-shape the accommodation section with the image recording section, the outer arcuate guide member guiding the recording medium from a downstream end portion of the accommodation section in the conveyance direction to an insertion port of the image recording section; an inner arcuate guide member that is disposed to be separate from the outer arcuate guide member, a passage being defined between the outer arcuate guide member and the inner arcuate guide member, the passage allowing the recording medium conveyed to displace in a thickness direction of the recording medium; a feeding section that separates one of the stacked recording media from the remaining recording media to feed the one of the recording media to the passage; and a conveyance roller disposed at the insertion port of the image recording section, wherein: the outer arcuate guide member comprises an engagement portion that engages with a rotation shaft of the conveyance roller.