Patent ID: 8913913
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus, comprising: a recording device configured to record an image on a recording medium in a recording space, the recording space being defined facing the recording device; a cassette configured to accommodate the recording medium on which the image is to be recorded by the recording device; a discharge tray configured to stack the recording medium on which the image has been formed by the recording device; a conveying path along which the recording medium is conveyed from the cassette to the discharge tray via the recording space; a conveyor configured to apply, to the recording medium, a conveying force for conveying the recording medium along the conveying path; an electrical power supply configured to supply electrical power at least to the conveyor; a cooling air flow path through which air for cooling the electrical power supply flows; an air blower configured to apply a wind-force to air so as to cause the air to flow through the cooling air flow path; a casing that accommodates the recording device, the cassette, the conveying path, the conveyor, the electrical power supply, the cooling air flow path and the air blower; and an additional cassette device that is attached to a lower portion of the casing and is arranged under the casing in a vertical direction, wherein the additional cassette device comprises: an additional cassette configured to accommodate a recording medium on which an image is to be recorded by the recording device; and an additional conveying path along which the recording medium accommodated in the additional cassette is conveyed to the conveying path, wherein: a relay path is provided in the casing such that an end of the relay path is connected to a downstream side end of the additional conveying path and an other end of the relay path flows into the conveying path; the electrical power supply and the cooling air flow path are arranged in a lower region in the vertical direction with respect to the cassette, the conveying path and the recording device; the recording device is located, in regard to the vertical direction, at a position higher than or equal to the cassette; the electrical power supply and the cassette overlap each other in the vertical direction; and the cooling air flow path is formed not to intersect with the relay path.