Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image recording device having a compact form factor
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Application No.: US15276206Application Date: 2016-09-26
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Publication No.: US10086629B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Tetsuo Asada , Hirotaka Aoki , Satoru Nakakita , Shota Iijima , Kenji Samoto , Yuji Koga
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2009-299236 20091229; JP2009-299273 20091229
- Main IPC: B65H3/06
- IPC: B65H3/06 ; B41J11/00 ; B41J13/10 ; B41J3/60 ; B41J13/00 ; B41J29/02 ; B65H5/26 ; B65H1/08 ; B41J11/58

Abstract:
An image recording device is provided, having a recording unit configured to record an image on a sheet, and a tray disposed below the recording unit. The tray includes a sheet holding surface configured to hold the sheet. Additionally, the image recording device includes a sheet feeder disposed between the recording unit and the tray. The sheet feeder includes a roller for feeding the sheet from the tray. The roller is configured to move between a first roller position in which the roller contacts the sheet holding surface of the tray and a second roller position in which the roller is separated from the sheet holding surface. A return guide, disposed between the recording unit and the sheet feeder, defines a second conveying path to guide the sheet having an image recorded on one side thereof back to the feed guide. The return guide has a first opening configured to accommodate the roller of the sheet feeder when the roller is in the second roller position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170008314A1 IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE HAVING A COMPACT FORM FACTOR Public/Granted day:2017-01-12
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