Patent ID: 7887044

Claim:
An image recording apparatus comprising: a sheet conveying device comprising: a feed tray comprising a bottom plate configured to hold a sheet; a feed roller configured to feed the sheet in a first direction from the feed tray to a first conveying path; and a pressing member configured to press the sheet in the feed tray against the bottom plate of the feed tray, the pressing member comprising: a contact portion configured to contact the sheet in the feed tray; and a first guide positioned at a downstream end of the pressing member in the first direction and extending obliquely with respect to the bottom plate between the downstream end and the contact portion, such that a distance between the bottom plate and the first guide increases along the first direction, wherein the first guide is positioned upstream of the feed roller in the first direction; and a recording unit disposed along the first conveying path and configured to record an image onto the sheet being conveyed along the first conveying path, wherein the sheet conveying device is configured to convey the sheet along a second conveying path back to the feed tray after the sheet passes the recording unit, wherein the pressing member further comprises a guiding surface that defines a part of the second conveying path and is configured to guide the sheet back to the feed tray, and wherein the contact portion and the first guide of the pressing member face the bottom plate of the feed tray, and the guiding surface of the pressing member faces away from the bottom plate.