Ink-jet recording apparatus and platen apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTsuyoshi Ito, Yuji Koga
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Abstract
There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a platen, a contact portion disposed between a pair of first ribs of the plurality of first ribs with respect to a scanning direction. A lower end of the contact portion is located lower than each upper end of the pair of first ribs. The platen includes a second rib disposed between one first rib of the pair of first ribs and the contact portion with respect to the scanning direction, and an upper end of the second rib is located lower than the upper end of the one first rib of the pair of first ribs and higher than the lower end of the contact portion.
Claims9
An ink-jet recording apparatus comprising:
- a roller pair configured to nip a sheet therebetween and transport the sheet in a first direction;
- a platen disposed downstream of a nip point of the roller pair in the first direction and including a plurality of ribs spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
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- a plurality of contact portions arranged in the second direction and disposed downstream of the nip point of the roller pair in the first direction,
- wherein the plurality of ribs includes an inclined surface that is inclined upwardly, relative to the platen, in the first direction,
- wherein the plurality of contact portions includes a first contact portion and a second contact portion, wherein a downstream end of the first contact portion in the first direction overlaps a portion of at least one of the plurality of ribs in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, wherein a downstream end of the second contact portion in the first direction overlaps the portion of at least one of the plurality of ribs in the third direction, and
- wherein a number of ribs that overlaps the downstream end of the first contact portion is greater than a number of ribs that overlaps the downstream end of the second contact portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.