Patent ID: 8254826

Claim:
An image recording device comprising: a tray having a placing surface on which a sheet is allowed to be placed; a feed unit comprising a rotating member that is rotatable and configured to move in a first direction away from the placing surface of the tray and move in a second direction toward the placing surface of the tray; a frictional member disposed on the placing surface and located at a position corresponding to the rotating member; a recording unit configured to record an image on the sheet conveyed from the tray by the rotating member; a conveying unit configured to return the sheet, on one side of which the image has been recorded by the recording unit, to the placing surface of the tray from a downstream side of the recording unit; and a moving mechanism configured to move the rotating member in the first direction, wherein the moving mechanism is configured to move the rotating member in the first direction before a leading end of the sheet returned by the conveying unit reaches the frictional member in a state where no sheet is placed on the tray, and wherein the moving mechanism is opposed to the rotating member and the frictional member is disposed between the moving mechanism and the rotating member before the moving mechanism moves the rotating member in the first direction.