Invention Application
US20080239047A1 IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS 有权
图像记录装置

IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS
Abstract:
An image recording apparatus including a feeding device feeding a recording medium in a first direction along a first path, a recording portion disposed in the first path and located between an upstream and a downstream connecting portion of the first path to record an image on the medium, a second path connecting the downstream connecting portion to the upstream connecting portion, a path switching portion including a roller pair disposed downstream of the downstream connecting portion in the first direction and being capable of (i) ejecting the medium such that a first edge thereof is the leading edge, by rotating in a forward direction while the medium is nipped therebetween, and (ii) feeding the medium into the second path such that a second edge thereof opposite to the first edge is the leading edge, by rotating in a reverse direction while the medium is nipped therebetween, a feed roller disposed in the second path and feeding the medium in a second direction along the second path, into the first path at the upstream connecting portion, and a momentary-forward-rotation controller which implements, while the roller pair is feeding the recording medium into the second feed path and before the feed roller initiates the feeding of the recording medium toward the upstream connecting portion of the first path, a momentary forward rotation of the roller pair by temporarily switching the rotation direction of the roller pair to the forward direction from the reverse direction in order to feed the recording medium in a direction opposite to the second feeding direction.
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