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US 8,913,913 B2Granted
Image recording apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTetsuya Kitajima
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Abstract
An image recording apparatus, comprising: a recording device; a cassette; a discharge tray; a conveying path; a conveyor; an electrical power supply; a cooling air flow path; an air blower to apply a wind-force to air; a casing; and an additional cassette device attached to a lower portion of the casing, and in this configuration, the additional cassette device comprises: an additional cassette and an additional conveying path. A relay path is provided between the additional conveying path and the conveying path. The electrical power supply and the cooling air flow path are arranged under the cassette. The electrical power supply is arranged to overlap with the cassette when viewed along the vertical direction, and the cooling air flow path is formed not to intersect with the relay path.
Claims6
An image recording apparatus, comprising:
- a recording device configured to record an image on a recording medium in a recording space, the recording space being defined facing the recording device;
- a cassette configured to accommodate the recording medium on which the image is to be recorded by the recording device;
- a discharge tray configured to stack the recording medium on which the image has been formed by the recording device;
- a conveying path along which the recording medium is conveyed from the cassette to the discharge tray via the recording space;
- a conveyor configured to apply, to the recording medium, a conveying force for conveying the recording medium along the conveying path;
- an electrical power supply configured to supply electrical power at least to the conveyor;
- a cooling air flow path through which air for cooling the electrical power supply flows;
- an air blower configured to apply a wind-force to air so as to cause the air to flow through the cooling air flow path;
- a casing that accommodates the recording device, the cassette, the conveying path, the conveyor, the electrical power supply, the cooling air flow path and the air blower;
- and
- an additional cassette device that is attached to a lower portion of the casing and is arranged under the casing in a vertical direction,
- wherein the additional cassette device comprises:
- an additional cassette configured to accommodate a recording medium on which an image is to be recorded by the recording device;
- and
- an additional conveying path along which the recording medium accommodated in the additional cassette is conveyed to the conveying path,
- wherein:
- a relay path is provided in the casing such that an end of the relay path is connected to a downstream side end of the additional conveying path and an other end of the relay path flows into the conveying path;
- the electrical power supply and the cooling air flow path are arranged in a lower region in the vertical direction with respect to the cassette, the conveying path and the recording device;
- the recording device is located, in regard to the vertical direction, at a position higher than or equal to the cassette;
- the electrical power supply and the cassette overlap each other in the vertical direction;
- and
- the cooling air flow path is formed not to intersect with the relay path.
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An image recording apparatus, comprising:
- a recording device configured to record an image on a recording medium in a recording space, the recording space being defined facing the recording device;
- a cassette configured to accommodate the recording medium on which the image is to be recorded by the recording device;
- a discharge tray configured to stack the recording medium on which the image has been formed by the recording device is ejected;
- a conveying path along which the recording medium is conveyed from the cassette to the discharge tray via the recording space;
- a conveyor configured to apply, to the recording medium, a conveying force for conveying the recording medium along the conveying path;
- an electrical power supply configured to supply electrical power at least to the conveyor;
- a cooling air flow path through which air for cooling the electrical power supply flows;
- an air blower configured to apply a wind-force to air so as to cause the air to flow through the cooling air flow path;
- and
- a casing that accommodates the recording device, the cassette, the conveying path, the conveyor, the electrical power supply, the cooling air flow path and the air blower,
- wherein:
- a recording medium introducing hole through which the recording medium is inserted into an inside of the casing from an outside is provided at a bottom constituting a lower surface of the casing in a vertical direction;
- a relay path is provided in the casing such that an end of the relay path is connected to the recording medium introducing hole and an other end of the relay path flows into the conveying path;
- the electrical power supply and the cooling air flow path are arranged in a lower region in the vertical direction with respect to the cassette, the conveying path and the recording device;
- the recording device is located, in regard to the vertical direction, at a position higher than or equal to the cassette;
- the electrical power supply and the cassette overlap each other in the vertical direction;
- and
- the cooling air flow path is formed not to intersect with the relay path, and extends, in a horizontal plane, to intersect with the conveying direction of the recording medium in the recording space.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.