Image recording apparatus having tray guide

An image recording apparatus comprising:

• a recording portion configured to record an image on one of a first recording medium and a second recording medium;
• a tray on which the first recording medium is placed;
• a convey path configured to selectively convey one of the second recording medium and the tray on which the first recording medium is placed;
• a tray guide configured to change among (a) a first posture in which the tray guide supports the tray such that the tray is enabled to enter into the convey path for recording the image on the first recording medium by the recording portion, (b) a second posture in which the tray guide is located at a position different from a position of the tray guide in the first posture in a direction intersecting the convey path, and the tray guide is located on a downstream side of the position of the tray guide in the first posture in a tray-enter direction in which the tray enters into the convey path, and (c) a third posture in which an upstream portion of the tray guide in the tray-enter direction is nearer to the convey path than the upstream portion of the tray guide in the second posture;
• a first posture-change portion configured to change the posture of the tray guide from the second posture to the third posture by pivoting the tray guide in the second posture about a downstream portion of the tray guide in the tray-enter direction such that the upstream portion of the tray guide is moved toward the convey path;
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• a second posture-change portion configured to change the posture of the tray guide from the third posture to the first posture by moving the downstream portion of the tray guide in the third posture toward the convey path and by moving the tray guide to an upstream side thereof in the tray-enter direction,
• wherein the convey path is configured to discharge the second recording medium after the recording portion records the image thereon to an outside of the image recording apparatus when the tray guide is disposed in the second posture,
• wherein the projecting portion has a flat face expanding in the tray-enter direction, and the tray guide has a support face for supporting the tray,
• wherein a posture of the projecting portion is changeable between (a) a fourth posture in which the flat face of the projecting portion is parallel to the support face of the tray guide and (b) a fifth posture in which the tray guide is inclined with respect to the support face such that the flat face is horizontal when the tray guide is in the third posture, and
• wherein the image recording apparatus further comprises:
• a pivoting portion configured to pivot the projecting portion between the fourth posture and the fifth posture about a direction along the support face and perpendicular to the tray-enter direction;
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• a fifth force-exerting member configured to exert a force on the projecting portion so as for the projecting portion to take the fourth posture.

An image recording apparatus comprising:

• a recording portion configured to record an image on one of a first recording medium and a second recording medium;
• a tray on which the first recording medium is placed;
• a convey path configured to selectively convey one of the second recording medium and the tray on which the first recording medium is placed;
• a tray guide configured to change among (a) a first posture in which the tray guide supports the tray such that the tray is enabled to enter into the convey path for recording the image on the first recording medium by the recording portion, (b) a second posture in which the tray guide is located at a position different from a position of the tray guide in the first posture in a direction intersecting the convey path, and the tray guide is located on a downstream side of the position of the tray guide in the first posture in a tray-enter direction in which the tray enters into the convey path, and (c) a third posture in which an upstream portion of the tray guide in the tray-enter direction is nearer to the convey path than the upstream portion of the tray guide in the second posture;
• a first posture-change portion configured to change the posture of the tray guide from the second posture to the third posture by pivoting the tray guide in the second posture about a downstream portion of the tray guide in the tray-enter direction such that the upstream portion of the tray guide is moved toward the convey path;
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• a second posture-change portion configured to change the posture of the tray guide from the third posture to the first posture by moving the downstream portion of the tray guide in the third posture toward the convey path and by moving the tray guide to an upstream side thereof in the tray-enter direction,
• a casing front wall formed on an upper side of an upstream end portion of the tray guide being in the second posture;
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• a discharge tray which is provided on a lower side of the tray guide and on which the second recording medium discharged from the convey path to an outside of the image recording apparatus is placeable when the tray guide is disposed in the second posture,
• wherein the casing front wall has a third recessed part formed therein and recessed upward from a lower end of the casing front wall, and
• wherein the discharge tray has a fourth recessed part formed therein and recessed downward at a position on an upstream end portion of a medium-placed face of the discharge tray on which the second recording medium is placeable, the position corresponding, in a widthwise direction of the discharge tray, to a position at which the third recessed part is formed, the widthwise direction being perpendicular to the tray-enter direction and along the medium-placed face,
• wherein the image recording apparatus, further comprises:
• a sub-discharge tray movable between (a) a first position at which the sub-discharge tray is accommodated in the discharge tray and (b) a second position at which the sub-discharge tray projects from the upstream end portion of the discharge tray in a direction opposite to the tray-enter direction;
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• a stopper mounted on the sub-discharge tray so as to be pivotable relative to the sub-discharge tray about a shaft provided on an upstream end portion of the sub-discharge tray and extending in the widthwise direction,
• wherein the stopper is pivotable between (a) a sixth posture in which the stopper lies down relative to an upper face of the sub-discharge tray and (b) a seventh posture in which the stopper is inclined with respect to the upper face of the sub-discharge tray, and
• wherein an upstream end portion of an upper face of the stopper being in the sixth posture has a cutout formed therein at a position corresponding, in the widthwise direction, to the position at which the fourth recessed part is formed.