Patent ID: 8123421

Claim:
An image recording apparatus comprising: a main body; a first tray attachable to and capable of being drawn out of the main body, the first tray allowing a sheet to be placed thereon; a first conveying path through which the sheet fed from the first tray is conveyed; a roller that is brought into pressing contact with the sheet placed on the first tray and configured to feed the sheet to the first conveying path; a recording unit configured to record an image on the sheet in a course of conveying the sheet; a frame configured to support the first tray from a downside; a cleaning member disposed at the frame and configured to clean the roller, and an arm pivotable about a pivotal center in a direction toward or away from the frame, wherein the roller is rotatably disposed at an end portion of the arm, wherein the roller is movable relative to the cleaning member, the roller being movable between a first posture in which the roller is supported from the downside by the first tray in a state where the first tray is inserted into the main body and a second posture in which the roller is brought into pressing contact with the cleaning member by drawing out the first tray from the main body to a predetermined position, wherein the first tray comprises side walls facing one another and in a first direction that is substantially horizontal and substantially perpendicular to a drawing direction of the first tray, and wherein the image recording apparatus further comprises: a cam formed on at least one of the side walls of the first tray; and a cam follower that extends along the first direction from the arm and is configured to transmit a motion of the cam accompanied with the movement of the first tray to the arm.