Patent ID: 8419007

Claim:
An image recording device comprising: a first conveying path along which a sheet is conveyed in a first conveying direction; a recording unit configured to record an image on the sheet conveyed along the first conveying path; a tray configured to hold the sheet and to be removably mounted in a housing of the image recording device at a position below the recording unit; a first driving roller configured to convey the sheet from the tray in a second conveying direction toward the first conveying path; a first arm having an end to which the first driving roller is rotatably attached, and configured to pivot between a first position and a second position, about a pivot axis located on an opposite side of the first arm from the first driving roller in the second conveying direction, wherein the first arm is in the first position when the tray is mounted in the housing, and is in the second position when the tray is removed from the housing; a second conveying path formed below the recording unit and above the tray and extending from position downstream of the recording unit in the first conveying direction to a position upstream of the recording unit in the first conveying direction; a second driving roller configured to convey the sheet along the second conveying path in a third conveying direction; and a second arm having an end to which the second driving roller is rotatably attached, and configured to pivot between a third position and a fourth position, about a pivot axis located on an opposite side of the second arm from the second driving roller in the third conveying direction, wherein the second arm pivots from the third position to the fourth position when the first arm pivots from the first position to the second position, wherein the first arm comprises a first engaging member and the second arm comprises a second engaging member, and when the first arm pivots from the first position to the second position, the first engaging member is configured to engage with the second engaging member such that the second arm pivots from the third position to the fourth position.