Image recording apparatus with improved outer appearance
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65H-001/00
B65H-001/26
출원번호
US-0037295
(2013-09-25)
등록번호
US-8882103
(2014-11-11)
우선권정보
JP-2012-273765 (2012-12-14)
발명자
/ 주소
Samoto, Kenji
출원인 / 주소
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
대리인 / 주소
Baker Botts L.L.P.
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An image recording apparatus including: a sheet tray; a drawing portion; and a first stop portion. The sheet tray is inserted into and pulled out from an accommodating portion along an inserting direction. A main tray of the sheet tray is positioned at a first position and at a second position locat
An image recording apparatus including: a sheet tray; a drawing portion; and a first stop portion. The sheet tray is inserted into and pulled out from an accommodating portion along an inserting direction. A main tray of the sheet tray is positioned at a first position and at a second position located downstream of the first position in the inserting direction as a result of movement of the main tray in the inserting direction. An extension tray of the sheet tray is movable relative to the main tray. The drawing portion draws the main tray from the first position into the second position. The first stop portion is disposed in the accommodating portion and abuttable against the extension tray when the main tray is located downstream of the first position in the inserting direction to restrict movement of the extension tray in the inserting direction.
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1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a casing defining an accommodating portion therein and having an opening through which the accommodating portion is open to an outside;a sheet tray configured to be inserted into the accommodating portion in an inserting direction through the opening and t
1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a casing defining an accommodating portion therein and having an opening through which the accommodating portion is open to an outside;a sheet tray configured to be inserted into the accommodating portion in an inserting direction through the opening and to be pulled out from the accommodating portion in a pulling direction opposite to the inserting direction through the opening, the sheet tray comprising: a main tray configured to support a recording sheet, the main tray being configured to be positioned at a first position and at a second position as a result of movement of the main tray in the inserting direction, the main tray having an upstream portion in the inserting direction; andan extension tray configured to be moved relative to the main tray in the inserting direction and in the pulling direction, the extension tray being configured to be pulled out from the upstream portion to support a recording sheet in combination with the main tray;a recording section configured to record an image on a recording sheet fed from the sheet tray;a drawing portion configured to draw the main tray from the first position into the second position, the second position being located downstream of the first position in the inserting direction and allowing the recording sheet supported at the sheet tray to be fed to the recording section; anda first stop portion disposed in the accommodating portion and configured to abut against the extension tray in a state where the main tray is located at a position downstream of the first position in the inserting direction to restrict movement of the extension tray in the inserting direction. 2. The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extension tray has an engaging portion; wherein the main tray has an engaged portion engageable with the engaging portion;wherein at least one of the engaging portion and the engaged portion is configured to be moved to allow remaining one of the engaging portion and the engaged portion to be engaged with and disengaged from the at least one of the engaging portion and the engaged portion, the at least one of the engaging portion and the engaged portion being further configured to be moved relative to the remaining one of the engaging portion and the engaged portion in the inserting direction by a first distance in a state where the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged with each other, andwherein the first position and the second position define a second distance therebetween, the first distance being greater than the second distance. 3. The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a second stop portion configured to abut against the main tray located at the second position to restrict further movement of the main tray in the inserting direction, wherein the casing has an inner wall defining the accommodating portion;wherein the drawing portion comprising: an abutting portion protruding from the inner wall in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the inserting direction and configured to abut against the sheet tray, the abutting portion having an upstream end, a peak end, and a downstream end in the inserting direction, the abutting portion having a first guide surface and a second guide surface, the first guide surface extending from the upstream end to the peak end and being inclined such that the peak end is farther from the inner wall than the upstream end from the inner wall in the perpendicular direction, the second guide surface extending from the peak end to the downstream end and being inclined such that the peak end is farther from the inner wall than the downstream end from the inner wall in the perpendicular direction, the peak end and the downstream end defining a third distance therebetween in the inserting direction, the second distance being smaller than the third distance;a moving portion configured to move the abutting portion in the perpendicular direction; andan abutted portion provided at the main tray and configured to abut against the abutting portion. 4. The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the moving portion is supported to the inner wall and resiliently deformably movable relative to the inner wall, the abutting portion directly protruding from the moving portion. 5. The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extension tray having an upstream portion in the inserting direction at which a holding portion is provided, the holding portion being configured to be held by a user to move the sheet tray. 6. The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a discharge tray disposed above the extension tray and configured to support a recording sheet on which an image has been recorded by the recording section, wherein the extension tray has a positioning portion configured to allow the discharge tray to be subjected to positioning relative to the extension tray. 7. The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of outer covers attached to the casing to cover the casing, one of the plurality of outer covers being attached to a part of the casing located at a side where the opening is formed and having an upstream surface in the inserting direction, wherein the extension tray has an upstream surface in the inserting direction, the upstream surface of the extension tray being flush with the upstream surface of the one of the plurality of outer covers in a state where the first stop portion restricts movement of the extension tray in the inserting direction. 8. The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of outer covers attached to the casing to cover the casing and having outer surfaces, wherein the first stop portion being disposed inward of the outer surfaces. 9. The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first stop portion comprises a wall having a surface, the surface being contained in an imaginary plane intersecting the inserting direction. 10. The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extension tray has an abutment portion configured to abut against the first stop portion. 11. The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first stop portion has an abutting surface configured to abut against the abutment portion, the casing having an upstream surface in the inserting direction, the extension tray having an upstream surface in the inserting direction, the abutting surface and the upstream surface of the casing defining a fourth distance therebetween in the inserting direction, the abutment portion and the upstream surface of the extension tray defining a fifth distance therebetween in the inserting direction, the fourth distance being equal to the fifth distance. 12. The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the extension tray having a lower surface, the abutment portion protruding downward from the lower surface. 13. The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the extension tray having a side surface, the abutment portion protruding outward from the side surface in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the inserting direction. 14. The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extension tray has an upstream portion in the inserting direction, the casing having an inner wall defining the accommodating portion, the image recording apparatus further comprising a tray cover attached to the upstream portion of the extension tray, the tray cover having an end portion in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the inserting direction at which a projection is provided, the projection protruding from the end portion outward of the extension tray in the perpendicular direction, the projection being resiliently deformable in the perpendicular direction and being in pressure contact with the inner wall when the extension tray has been inserted into the accommodating portion.
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