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Image recording apparatus

US8752929B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 28, 2013
Grant dateJun 17, 2014
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H7/20
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An image recording apparatus, including: a supply tray; a supply roller; a manual tray; a recording device; a motor; a supply driving power transmitter which transmits a reverse driving power of the motor to the supply roller; a conveyance driving power transmitter; a switcher switchable between a first state in which a driving power of the motor is transmitted to the supply driving power transmitter and a second state in which the driving power is not transmitted to the supply driving power transmitter; and a controller configured to, when an image is to be recorded on a sheet placed on the manual tray and when the switcher is in the first state, switches the switcher to the second state and rotates the motor reversely to rotate a conveyor roller in a second rotational direction reverse to a first rotational direction for conveying a sheet in a conveying direction.

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