Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image recording device having a compact form factor
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Application No.: US14727290Application Date: 2015-06-01
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Publication No.: US09283778B2Publication Date: 2016-03-15
- 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: B65H85/00
- IPC: B65H85/00 ; B41J11/00 ; B65H3/06 ; B41J13/10

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
- US09248669B2 Image recording device having a compact form factor Public/Granted day:2016-02-02
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