US 12,220,906 B2
Image recording apparatus
Masayuki Okumura, Nagoya (JP); Shigeki Kato, Toyoake (JP); and Yoshiya Tomatsu, Kasugai (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/809,134.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-108036 (JP), filed on Jun. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0410595 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 11/06 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/0055 (2013.01) [B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 11/007 (2013.01); B41J 11/0085 (2013.01); B41J 11/06 (2013.01); B41J 15/048 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printer comprising:
a conveyor configured to convey a sheet in a conveying direction;
a first supporting part positioned upstream of the conveyor in the conveying direction, the first supporting part including a first supporting surface;
a side guide positioned on the first supporting surface and configured to make contact with at least one of both ends, in a width direction of the sheet, in the first supporting surface, the width direction being orthogonal to the conveying direction and parallel to the first supporting surface;
a suction-attraction force generator configured to generate a suction-attraction force in an area, in the first supporting surface, which is adjacent to the side guide and in which the sheet passes;
a second supporting part positioned downstream of the conveyor in the conveying direction, the second supporting part including a second supporting surface; and
a head configured to record an image on the sheet supported by the second supporting surface.