Image recording apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMitsugi TANAKA, Yoshikazu SHIMIZU, Takahiro NISHIMOTO
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Abstract
There is provided an image recording apparatus including: a casing; a first cover configured to move to an open position and to a close position; a conveyor configured to convey a sheet in a conveying direction; a recording head configured to discharge a liquid onto the sheet; a heater configured to heat at least one of the sheet and the liquid discharged to the sheet; a second cover configured to cover the heater. The second cover is configured to move to a cover position at which the second cover covers the heater so that the heater is not exposed to the outside and to an expose position at which the second cover allows the heater to be exposed to the outside.
Claims9
An image recording apparatus comprising:
- a casing;
- a first cover configured to move to an open position at which the first cover exposes an internal space of the casing to outside, and to a close position at which the first cover covers the internal space;
- a conveyor configured to convey a sheet in a conveying direction;
- a recording head configured to discharge a liquid toward the sheet;
- a heater supported by the casing and configured to heat the sheet and/or the liquid on the sheet;
- and
- a second cover configure to cover the heater, wherein
- the second cover is configured to move to a cover position at which the second cover covers the heater and to an expose position at which the second cover allows the heater to be exposed to outside.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.