Patent ID: 7671885
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising: a feed tray that can mount a recording medium thereon, a conveying mechanism that conveys the recording medium from the feed tray, a platen that supports the recording medium conveyed by the conveying mechanism, a recording head that selectively ejects ink from nozzles of the recording head onto the recording medium on the platen while moving orthogonally to a conveying direction of the recording medium by the conveying mechanism to perform image recording on the recording medium, an upstream curve forming portion which curves at least a portion of the recording medium as the recording medium is conveyed from the feed tray by the conveying mechanism into a first U-shape when viewed in a cross section orthogonal to the conveying direction, and an upstream conveying direction change portion which shifts the conveying direction of the recording medium conveyed from the feed tray to between the platen and the recording head by the conveying mechanism which curves at least a portion of the recording medium into a second U-shape when viewed in a cross section along the conveying direction, wherein an inner surface of the first U-shaped portion of the recording medium formed by the upstream curve forming portion is the same surface of the recording medium, which becomes the inner surface of the second U-shaped portion of the recording medium formed by the upstream conveying direction change portion.