Image Recording Apparatus

An image recording apparatus comprising:

• a recording section which records an image on a sheet conveyed in a transport passage in a transport direction;
• and
• a corrugate mechanism including a plurality of first sheet contact members extending into the transport passage, wherein the plurality of first sheet contact members are spaced apart from one another in a widthwise direction of the transport passage perpendicular to the transport direction,
• wherein at least one of the first sheet contact members, provided at a central portion in the widthwise direction, is disposed at least partially upstream, in the transport direction, of all other first sheet contact members.

An image recording apparatus comprising:

• a recording section which records an image on a sheet conveyed in a transport passage in a transport direction;
• and
• a plurality of holding members spaced apart from each other in a widthwise direction perpendicular to the transport direction and that press an upper surface of the sheet when the sheet is conveyed to the holding members,
• wherein at least one of the holding members, provided at a central portion in the widthwise direction of the transport passage, is disposed at least partially upstream of the other holding members in the transport direction.

An image recording apparatus comprising:

• a recording section which records an image on a sheet conveyed in a transport passage in a transport direction;
• and
• a platen provided under the recording section with the transport passage defined therebetween and which includes a plurality of ribs provided to support the sheet while being spaced apart from each other in a widthwise direction perpendicular to the transport direction, the ribs protruding upwardly and extending in the transport direction,
• wherein at least one of the ribs, provided at a central portion in the widthwise direction of the transport passage, is disposed at least partially upstream of the other ribs in the transport direction.