Patent ID: 9051144
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: B41J,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image recording device comprising: a tray comprising a sheet holding surface configured to hold a sheet thereon; a sheet feeder disposed above the tray and comprising an arm and a roller rotatably supported by the arm, the arm being configured to pivot about a pivot axis such that the roller moves between a first roller position in which the roller contacts and feeds the sheet on the sheet holding surface of the tray and a second roller position in which the roller is separated from the sheet on the sheet holding surface of the tray; a recording unit disposed above the tray and configured to record an image on the sheet fed by the roller of the sheet feeder; and a return guide configured to guide the sheet having the image recorded thereon back toward the recording unit, the return guide having an opening, wherein the sheet feeder is entirely outside the opening of the return guide when the roller is in the first roller position, and at least a portion of the sheet feeder is accommodated in the opening when the roller is in the second roller position.