Patent ID: 9221285
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a sheet accommodation portion configured to accommodate a sheet therein; a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the sheet along a conveyance direction from the sheet accommodation portion; a recording unit configured to record an image onto the sheet conveyed by the conveyance mechanism; a housing accommodating the conveyance mechanism and the recording unit and having therein open space that opens toward an outside of the image recording apparatus while holding the sheet accommodation portion; and a speaker disposed inside the housing and configured to output sound to the open space, wherein the speaker comprises a sound output surface configured to output the sound and is disposed such that the sound output surface is oriented toward an inside of acoustic space that is in communication with the open space, wherein the acoustic space is partitioned into first space and second space, wherein the first space and the second space are combined into one before the first space and the second space connect with the open space to communicate with each other, and wherein the speaker is disposed such that the sound output surface is oriented toward the first space and a rear surface, opposite to the sound output surface, of the speaker is oriented toward the second space.