Patent ID: 8104864

Claim:
An image recording device, comprising: a platen that supports a recording medium; a carriage that is located to face the platen and is configured to move in a first direction along the recoding medium; a recordation head that is mounted on the carriage and performs image recordation on the recording medium; a long member elongated, to face the platen, in the first direction within a region in which the carriage moves; a support member that fixes the long member such that the long member does not move in the first direction relative to the platen; and a guide member that is located on the carriage to deform the long member such that the carriage and the platen face directly with respect to each other, wherein the guide member deforms the long member in accordance with movement of the carriage in such a manner that the long member deforms in a second direction to move away from or approach the platen, and wherein the guide member deforms the long member in the second direction to surround the carriage.