Patent ID: 8508819

Claim:
An image recording device comprising: a tray unit configured to hold sheets; a recording unit disposed above the tray unit; an outer guide defining a curved path extending from the tray unit to the recording unit; a sheet feeder comprising a feed roller and configured to feed a sheet from the tray unit to the curved path in a first direction; and a return guide configured to pivot about a shaft extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and to guide the sheet having an image recorded thereon back to the curved path, wherein the feed roller of the sheet feeder is disposed between the return guide and the tray unit, and wherein the tray unit comprises at least one supporting portion, the return guide comprises at least one supported portion, and the at least one supporting portion of the tray unit is configured to engage the at least one supported portion of the return guide such that the return guide takes a guiding position in which the return guide defines a return path extending to the curved path.