Patent ID: 8939661
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a first convey path defined to guide a first recording medium and a tray capable of holding a second recording medium; a recording portion disposed on the first convey path and configured to record an image on the first recording medium and the second recording medium; a first guide member constituting at least a portion of a guide face which defines the first convey path; a second convey path connected to the first convey path and extending to guide the first recording medium; a second guide member constituting at least a portion of a guide face which defines the second convey path; and a posture change mechanism configured to change a posture of each of the first guide member and the second guide member between (a) a first posture in which a height of the first convey path in an upward and downward direction is a first height which allows the first recording medium to pass through the first convey path, and a height of the second convey path in the upward and downward direction is a second height which allows the first recording medium to pass through the second convey path and (b) a second posture in which the height of the first convey path in the upward and downward direction is a third height which is greater than the first height and allows the tray to pass through the first convey path, and the height of the second convey path in the upward and downward direction is a fourth height which is less than the second height.