Patent ID: 8020986

Claim:
An image recording apparatus capable of recording images on both sides of a recording medium, said image recording apparatus comprising: a recording head configured to eject ink to the recording medium; a re-feeding roller configured to re-feed a one-side recorded medium toward the recording head, the one-side recorded medium of which an image has been recorded on one side by the recording head; and a flap provided on an upstream side of the re-feeding roller in a conveying direction of the one-side recorded medium, the flap extending from an upstream end to a downstream end in the conveying direction, the downstream end of the flap being closer to the re-feeding roller than the upstream end of the flap in the conveying direction, and the flap being configured to support and introduce the one-side recorded medium to the re-feeding roller, wherein a downstream end portion of the flap has: a first region opposing the re-feeding roller; and a second region except the first region in the downstream end portion, the downstream end portion having a cutout portion provided in at least a part of the second region.