Patent ID: 8950857
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
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 unit including 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, wherein the driven roller unit moves in an approaching-departing direction along which the driven roller approaches or departs 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 driven roller unit to a transporting roller side; a first support member provided below the transport path, and supporting the recording medium transported through the transport path on a downstream side of the transporting roller in the transporting direction; a recording head provided above the transport path and facing the first support member, and including nozzles which eject ink droplets; and a second biasing member biasing the first support member toward the driven roller unit, wherein the first support member moves in resistance to a biasing force of the second biasing member due to being pressed by the driven roller unit.