Patent ID: 8876420

Claim:
An image recording apparatus which records an image on a sheet, the apparatus comprising: a recording portion which is provided in a first transporting path of guiding the sheet in a transporting direction, and which is configured to record the image on the sheet guided through the first transporting path; a transporting roller which is disposed at the downstream side from the recording portion in the transporting direction to transport the sheet; a first flap which has a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being configured to define a guide surface of the first transporting path between the recording portion and the transporting roller, and the second surface being configured to define a guide surface of a second transporting path which is another transporting path for guiding the sheet and is connected with the first transporting path at a position between the recording portion and the transporting roller and at another position upstream relative to the recording portion in the transporting direction; a nip member which is arranged in the first transporting path, and which is configured to nip the sheet between the nip member and the first flap; a second flap which has a third surface, which is opposite the second surface of the first flap and which is configured to define a guide surface of the second transporting path; an interlock portion which turns the first flap from a second position to a first position when the second flap is changed from a fourth position to a third position; a tray which is configured to accommodate the sheet and which is movable to a fifth position at which the sheet is fed to the first transporting path and a sixth position different from the fifth position; and a particular support portion which is provided on the tray, the particular support portion is configured to support the second flap to maintain the second flap in the third position when the tray is located in the fifth position, wherein the first flap is configured to turn, between the first position and the second position, about a pivot located on the upstream side relative to the position of nipping the sheet between the first flap and the nip member, the second flap is configured to change between the third position and the fourth position, the first position is a position in which the sheet is guided along the first transporting path by nipping the sheet between the first flap and the nip member, the second position is a position in which the first surface is spaced apart from the nip member, the third position is a position in which the third surface defines the guide surface of the second transporting path, and the fourth position is a position at which the second transporting path is opened.