Ink-jet recording apparatus

An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising:

• a first transporting portion provided in a first transport path, and configured to transport a sheet in a first transporting direction;
• a recording portion provided on a downstream side of the first transporting portion in the first transporting direction, and configured to jet ink droplets from nozzles formed in the recording portion onto the sheet transported in the first transporting direction to record an image;
• a second transporting portion provided in a second transport path connected with the first transport path at a first connection position on the downstream side of the first transporting portion in the first transporting direction, and at a second connection position on an upstream side to the first transporting portion in the first transporting direction, and configured to sandwich and transport the sheet in a second transporting direction from the first connection position toward the second connection position;
• a third transporting portion provided on a downstream side of the first connection position in the first transporting direction, and configured to sandwich and transport the sheet in the first transporting direction or toward the second transport path;
• and
• a corrugate mechanism provided in the first transport path, and configured to form a corrugated shape in the sheet;
• wherein the second transport path is defined by an upper guide member and a lower guide member;
• and
• on an upstream side to the second transporting portion in the second transporting direction, a projecting portion is provided in the upper guide member to project, in a side view, toward the side of the lower guide member below a virtual line linking a nip position of the sheet due to the third transporting portion with another nip position of the sheet due to the second transporting portion.

An ink-jet recording apparatus, comprising:

• a pair of transporting rollers provided in a first transport path, and configured to transport a sheet in a first transporting direction;
• a recording portion provided on a downstream side from the pair of transporting rollers in the first transporting direction, and configured to jet ink droplets from nozzles onto the sheet transported in first transporting direction to record an image;
• a pair of reverse rollers provided on the downstream side of the pair of transporting rollers in the first transporting direction, and configured to sandwich and transport the sheet in the first transporting direction, or in a second transporting direction toward a second transport path connected with the first transport path at a first connection position on the downstream side of the pair of transporting rollers in the first transporting direction and on an upstream side to the pair of reverse rollers in the first transporting direction, and at a second connection position on an upstream side to the pair of transporting rollers in the first transporting direction;
• a corrugate mechanism provided in the first transport path, and configured to form a corrugated shape in the sheet,
• wherein the second transport path is defined by an upper guide member and a lower guide member;
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• wherein in the second transport path, a virtual line along a guide surface of the upper guide member facing the second transport path intersects with a guide surface of the lower guide member facing the second transport path on an upstream side to the second connection position in the second transporting direction.