Patent ID: 9162493
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink jet recording apparatus comprising: a transporting roller provided in a transport path through which a recording medium is guided; a driven roller provided opposite the transporting roller to sandwich the recording medium between the driven roller and the transporting roller and to transport the recording medium along the transport path in a transporting direction, a roller holder rotatably supporting the driven roller and configured to move in an approaching-departing direction along which the driven roller approaches or moves away from the transporting roller based on a thickness of the recording medium sandwiched between the driven roller and the transporting roller; a first biasing member biasing the roller holder toward a transporting roller side; a recording head provided above the transport path and including ink nozzles; a sandwich unit including a support member and a holding portion, wherein the support member is provided below the transport path and facing the recording head, and configured to support the recording medium transported through the transport path on a downstream side of the transporting roller in the transporting direction, wherein the holding portion is provided to face the support member on an upstream side of the nozzles in the transporting direction and configured to contact an upper surface of the recording medium, and wherein the sandwich unit is configured to sandwich the recording medium between the support member and the holding portion; and a cooperative portion configured to change a distance between the support member and the holding portion with respect to the approaching-departing direction in cooperation with movement of the roller holder.