Patent ID: 7896489
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus, comprising: an image recording section for recording an image on a recording medium; a loading section for loading said recording medium; feeding means for feeding said recording medium from said loading section to said image recording section; a discharging section for discharging said recording medium on which said image has been recorded in said image recording section; transport means for transporting said recording medium from said loading section to said discharging section; a regulating guide which is arranged in a transport path for said recording medium transported by said transport means from said loading section to said discharging section and which regulates a position of said recording medium in a width direction perpendicular to a transport direction of said recording medium transported by said transport means, wherein said regulating guide has: passage changing means for regulating said transport direction of said recording medium in said direction perpendicular to said transport plane for said recording medium and changing said first passage and one of said at least one second passage to guide said recording medium to a changed passage, wherein said passage changing means comprises: a roller pair arranged immediately upstream said regulating guide, for transporting said recording medium in a nipping state; a leading guide provided integrally with said roller pair, for regulating said recording medium to guide said recording medium into one of said plural passages for said recording medium in said direction perpendicular to said transport plane for said recording medium; and rocking means for rocking said roller pair and said leading guide.