Patent ID: 6129461
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An image recording apparatus comprising:a platen having a recording surface on which a recording medium being conveyed is rested;a recording head disposed above said recording surface of said platen for recording an image on the recording medium;a carrier for holding said recording head and reciprocally shifting in a direction perpendicular to a recording medium conveying direction; anda main convey roller rotated around a rotation axis for conveying the recording medium onto said recording surface of said platen;wherein said carrier can be rotated around a guide shaft so that a surface of said recording head opposed to the recording medium is rotated toward and away from said recording surface of said platen, and a part of said carrier is directly or indirectly contacted with an outer peripheral surface of said main convey roller so that said carrier is rotated around said guide shaft in response to rotational displacement of said main convey roller; andsaid platen is supported for rotational movement around a support shaft so that, when said platen is rotated around said support shaft, the recording surface is shifted toward and away from the surface of said recording head opposed to the recording medium, and said platen can be rotated around said support shaft in response to the rotational movement of said carrier around said guide shaft.