(19)
(11) EP 2 371 561 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: 11001705.0

(22) Date of filing: 01.03.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B41J 3/54(2006.01)
B41J 13/00(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 2010080772

(71) Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken 467-8561 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Yamamoto, Shinya
    Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken 467-8562 (JP)

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

   


(54) Image recording apparatus


(57) An image recording apparatus (1; 201) including: (a) first and second recording heads (21, 22); (b) a first conveyance path transiting first and second positions (25, 26) that are opposed to the first and second recording heads (21, 22) (c) a second conveyance path transiting the first position (25) and a third potion (27) that is other than the second position (26). The first conveyance path includes a first/second-positions communicating path section communicating the first and second positions while the second conveyance path includes a first/third-positions communicating path section (601) communication the first and third positions. One of the first/second-positions communicating path section and the first/third-positions communicating path section is bent larger than the other. A conveyance velocity of a recording medium is reduced while the recording medium is being conveyed along the above-described one of the communicating path sections, in a case where the liquid is kept ejected from the first recording head (21) upon arrival of the recording medium in the one of the communicating path sections.