Patent ID: 8590892

Claim:
An image recording apparatus, comprising: a transporting path which is configured to guide a recording medium; a recording section which is configured to record an image on the recording medium guided through the transporting path; a first roller which is provided in the transporting path at an upstream side of the recording section in a transporting direction of the recording medium; a second roller which is arranged to face the first roller so that the transporting path is intervened between the first and second rollers, and which is configured to transport the recording medium by pinching the recording medium between the first roller and the second roller, and which has a roller surface which is configured to make contact with the recording medium and a nip surface which is a part of the roller surface and is configured to pinch the recording medium between the first roller and the nip surface, and which is arranged so that an axial direction of the second roller is orthogonal to the transporting direction; a supporting member which rotatably supports the second roller, at two ends in the axial direction; a holding member which is movable along the transporting direction of the recording medium with respect to the supporting member, and which makes a sliding contact with the roller surface of the second roller from a downstream side in the transporting direction, so that the nip surface of the second roller is exposed with respect to the first roller; a bias applying member which applies a bias on the holding member, in an opposite direction opposite to the transporting direction; and a load member which is provided at the upstream side of the first roller and the second roller in the transporting direction, and which is configured to generate a load in the opposite direction, with respect to the recording medium which is pinched between the first roller and the second roller.