Patent ID: 7422319
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink jet recording apparatus, comprising: a recording section, in which a recording head is reciprocated in a first direction while ejecting ink therefrom onto a recording medium; a transporter, including a plurality of first rollers operable to transport the recording medium toward the recording section along a first transporting path in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a discharger, including a second transporting path in which a transporting direction of the recording medium is inversed such that a first face of the recording medium on which recording has been performed faces inward, the discharger including a plurality of second rollers provided along the second transporting path and adapted to come in contact with the first face of the recording medium transported from the recording section, and a third transporting path, adapted to receive the recording medium transported from the recording section, wherein the first transporting path defined in the recording section is upwardly inclined toward the discharger, wherein each of the second rollers is a toothed roller an outer periphery of which is formed with teeth, wherein the first rollers are urged toward the first transporting path with a first force, and the second rollers are urged toward the second transporting path with a second force weaker than the first force, wherein a part of the second transporting path is movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the recording medium which has passed the recording section is guided into the second transporting path when the part of the second transporting path is placed in the first position, and wherein the recording medium which has passed the recording section is guided into the third transporting path when the part of the second transporting path is placed in the second position.