Patent ID: 9085430
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. An image recording device comprising: a casing; a tray comprising a sheet holding surface for holding a sheet thereon, the tray being insertable into the casing; a sheet feeder disposed above the tray and comprising an arm and a roller rotatably supported by the arm, the arm being configured to pivot about a pivot axis between a first arm position and a second arm position, and the roller being configured to feed the sheet on the sheet holding surface of the tray in a feed direction when the arm is in the first arm position; a feed guide configured to guide the sheet fed by the roller; a recording unit disposed above the tray and configured to record an image on the sheet guided by the feed guide; and a return guide configured to guide the sheet having the image recorded thereon back toward the recording unit, the return guide having an opening; wherein the tray further comprises a cam, and wherein the aim of the sheet feeder comprises a cam follower disposed upstream of the opening of the return guide in the feed direction, the cam follower being configured to, when the tray is inserted into the casing, follow the cam such that the arm moves to the second arm position in which at least a portion of the roller is accommodated in the opening.