(19)
(11) EP 2 371 559 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A2)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
07.12.2011 Bulletin 2011/49

(43) Date of publication:
05.10.2011 Bulletin 2011/40

(21) Application number: 11002186.2

(22) Date of filing: 16.03.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B41J 3/407(2006.01)
 B41J 13/10(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 31.03.2010 JP 2010081832
21.01.2011 JP 2011010789

(71) Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Aichi-ken 467-8561 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ota, Yasuhira
    Nagoya-shi Aichi-ken, 467-8562 (JP)
  • Iijima, Shota
    Nagoya-shi Aichi-ken, 467-8562 (JP)
  • Tanahashi, Naokazu
    Nagoya-shi Aichi-ken, 467-8562 (JP)
  • Sano, Iwane
    Nagoya-shi Aichi-ken, 467-8562 (JP)
  • Ito, Shingo
    Nagoya-shi Aichi-ken, 467-8562 (JP)

(74) Representative: Kuhnen, Rainer K. 
Kuhnen & Wacker Patent- und Rechtsanwaltsbüro Prinz-Ludwig-Strasse 40A
85354 Freising
85354 Freising (DE)

   


(54) Image recording apparatus


(57) An image recording apparatus including: a recording portion configured to record an image; a tray on which a first recording medium is placed, wherein the recording portion is configured to record the image on the first recording medium; a convey path through which is conveyed one of a second recording medium and the tray on which the first recording medium is placed, wherein the recording portion is configured to record the image on the second recording medium; a tray guide whose posture is changeable among (a) a first posture in which the tray guide supports the tray such that the tray is enabled to enter into the convey path, (b) a second posture in which the tray guide is located at a position different from a position of the tray guide in the first posture in a direction intersecting the convey path, and the tray guide is located on a downstream side of the position of the tray guide in the first posture in a tray-enter direction in which the tray enters into the convey path, and (c) a third posture in which an upstream portion of the tray guide in the tray-enter direction is nearer to the convey path than the upstream portion of the tray guide in the second posture; a first posture-change portion configured to change the posture of the tray guide from the second posture to the third posture by pivoting the tray guide in the second posture about a downstream portion of the tray guide in the tray-enter direction such that the upstream portion of the tray guide is moved toward the convey path; and a second posture-change portion configured to change the posture of the tray guide from the third posture to the first posture by moving the downstream portion of the tray guide in the third posture toward the convey path and by moving the tray guide to an upstream side thereof in the tray-enter direction.