Patent ID: 8608308

Claim:
An image recording device comprising: a housing having an opening; a sheet cassette configured to hold therein sheets and configured to be inserted into and removed from the housing through the opening; a recording unit configured to record an image on a sheet conveyed from the sheet cassette along a convey path; and a convey path defining member configured to pivot, about a pivot shaft supported by the housing, between a guiding position for forming a guide surface that defines a part of the convey path, and an exposing position for exposing the part of the convey path to the opening, wherein the convey path defining member is configured to pivot in response to insertion and removal of the sheet cassette, wherein a free end of the convey path defining member is directed toward the opening when the convey path defining member is in the exposing position, wherein when the sheet cassette is removed from the housing, the convey path defining member is configured to pivot to a downward position which is between the guiding position and the exposing position and in which the convey path defining member hangs down from the pivot shaft, and wherein the convey path defining member is configured to pivot to the guiding position by being pushed by the sheet cassette when the sheet cassette is inserted into the housing.