Patent ID: 8038287
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. An image recording device comprising: a recording head configured to eject ink onto a recording medium; a carriage configured to carry the recording head and to reciprocate in a reciprocating direction; a conveying roller extending in an axial direction parallel to the reciprocating direction and configured to convey the recording medium to the recording unit, wherein the conveying roller comprises engaged portions formed at both end portions thereof in the axial direction; a frame configured to rotatably support the conveying roller and comprising a plate which extends in the axial direction and is separated from the conveying roller by a predetermined distance, wherein the plate supports the carriage and comprises at least one engaged portion; and a particular guide member extending in the axial direction and configured to guide the recording medium toward the conveying roller, wherein the particular guide member comprises end engaging portions formed at both end portions thereof in the axial direction and at least one middle engaging portion formed between the end engaging portions in the axial direction; and wherein the end engaging portions of the particular guide member are engaged with the engaged portions of the conveying roller respectively, and the at least one middle engaging portion of the particular guide member is engaged with the at least one engaged portion of the plate on which the carriage reciprocally slides.