Patent ID: 8768235

Claim:
An image recording device comprising: a recording unit configured to record an image on a sheet; a tray disposed below the recording unit and comprising a sheet holding surface configured to hold the sheet, wherein the tray is configured to be inserted into and withdrawn from the image recording device; a sheet feeder disposed above the tray and configured to move with respect to the sheet holding surface of the tray, the sheet feeder comprising an arm configured to pivot about a pivot axis, and a roller rotatably supported by the arm to feed the sheet from the tray, the arm being configured to pivot such that the roller moves between a first roller position in which the roller feeds the sheet on the sheet holding surface of the tray and a second roller position in which the roller is separated from the sheet on the sheet holding surface; a feed guide configured to define a first conveying path to guide the sheet fed by the roller to the recording unit; and a return guide configured to define a part of a second conveying path to guide the sheet having an image recorded on one side thereof back to the feed guide, the return guide having a first opening, wherein the sheet feeder and the return guide are configured such that: when the roller is in the second roller position, at least a portion of the sheet feeder is accommodated in the first opening of the return guide, and the pivot axis of the arm of the sheet feeder is located at one end of the arm and the roller is rotatably supported by the other end of the arm, and the roller moves between the first roller position and the second roller position when the arm is pushed by the tray during insertion and withdrawal of the tray into and from the image recording device.