Ink-Jet Printer
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNoriyuki Kawamata, Yuji Koga, Wataru Sugiyama, Kenji Samoto
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Abstract
There is provided an image recording apparatus including a transporting path, a recording section, a first and second rollers pinching the recording medium therebetween, a supporting member which rotatably supports the second roller, a holding member which is movable along a transporting direction of the recording medium, a bias applying member which applies a bias on the holding member, in an opposite direction opposite to the transporting direction and a load member which generates a load in the opposite direction, with respect to the recording medium.
Claims12
An ink-jet printer comprising:
- a recording device configured to form an image on a sheet transported through a transporting path in a transporting direction;
- a drive roller disposed upstream of the recording device in the transporting direction and configured to be driven by a motor;
- a driven roller in contact with the drive roller, and configured to transport the sheet by nipping the sheet with the drive roller;
- a spring biasing the driven roller toward the drive roller;
- a holding member configured to slidingly contact a roller surface of the drive roller;
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- a bias member configured to apply a bias, in a direction opposite to the transporting direction, to the holding member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.