Patent ID: 8641303
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a first convey path defined so as to guide a first recording medium, a second recording medium having a larger thickness than that of the first recording medium, and a tray designed to hold one of the first recording medium and the second recording medium; a recording portion disposed above the first convey path and configured to record an image on the first recording medium and the second recording medium; a support member disposed below the first convey path so as to be opposed to the recording portion, the support member being configured to support the first recording medium, the second recording medium, and the tray; a second convey path connected to the first convey path and extending on a lower side of the support member so as to guide the first recording medium; a first guide member having a guide face located on an upper side of the second convey path so as to partly define the second convey path; a second guide member having a guide face located on a lower side of the second convey path so as to partly define the second convey path; and a posture change mechanism configured to integrally change a posture of the support member and the first 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 larger than the first height and allows the second recording medium or 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 smaller than the second height.