| US 7,566,124 B2 | ||
| Image forming apparatus | ||
| Shoichi Kan, Yokohama (Japan); Tetsuya Saito, Yokohama (Japan); and Noboru Shimoyama, Yokohama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on May 12, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/127,187. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-145072 (JP), filed on May 14, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0264635 A1, Dec. 01, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. B41J 2/01 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 347—104 [271/9.01; 271/9.09; 271/18; 358/498; 358/505; 399/75; 399/131; 399/167; 399/367; 399/374; 400/188; 400/624; 400/625] | 9 Claims |
| 1. An ink jet recording apparatus comprising:
a sheet feeding tray for stacking a plurality of recording materials before recording;
a sheet discharge tray, provided at a position overlapping said sheet feeding tray, for stacking the recording materials discharged
after completion of the recording;
a sheet feeding roller for contacting and feeding the recording materials stacked on said sheet feeding tray;
an image recording portion including an ink jet recording head and a platen for supporting the recording material so as to
face said ink jet recording head;
a first roller portion for feeding the recording material; and
a second roller portion, disposed at a position between said sheet feeding tray and said image recording portion and across
said image recording portion from said first roller portion, for feeding the recording material; and
a guide, positioned between said sheet feeding roller and said second roller portion, for separating the recording material
fed from said sheet feeding tray and the recording material to be fed to said sheet discharge tray from each other,
wherein after the recording material fed from said sheet feeding tray passes between said ink jet recording head and said
platen and is nipped by said first roller portion, the recording is carried out when the recording material is fed in an opposite
direction between said ink jet recording head and said platen.
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