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Image recording apparatus

US7418220B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 21, 2006
Grant dateAug 26, 2008
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Expiry dateApr 4, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/1675
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image recording apparatus includes a sheet transport path, a first unit, and a second unit. The sheet transport path guides a sheet from a sheet feeding section, through an image recording section, to a sheet output section. The sheet transport path includes a first path and a second path. The first unit is mounted detachably in a housing. The first unit is detached from the housing by being moved in a first direction toward the front of the housing. In the first unit, the first path is positioned. The second unit is mounted detachably in the first unit. The second unit is detached from the first unit by being moved in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction with the first unit detached from the housing. In the second unit, the second path is positioned.

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