US 12,076,981 B2
Inkjet recording device including guide member whose portion is aligned with and at the same height as storage body
Fumio Nakazawa, Okazaki (JP); Yoshinori Osakabe, Seto (JP); Hirotaka Aoki, Nagoya (JP); and Takashi Yoshikawa, Kasugai (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/935,186.
Application 17/935,186 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/007857, filed on Mar. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-056529 (JP), filed on Mar. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0018534 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 13/10 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 13/10 (2013.01) [B41J 13/103 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inkjet recording device comprising:
a first tray configured to support a sheet, the sheet having a first surface and a second surface opposite each other;
a storage body storing ink therein;
a head positioned above the first tray, the head comprising nozzles through which the ink supplied from the storage body is configured to be ejected;
a platen positioned between the head and the first tray in an up-down direction, the platen being configured to support the first surface of the sheet conveyed rearward in a front-rear direction at a position below the head; and
a first guide member positioned frontward of the head in the front-rear direction, the first guide member having a first curved surface configured to guide the first surface of the sheet conveyed from the first tray toward the platen,
wherein the first guide member has a portion arranged in alignment with the storage body in a widthwise direction perpendicular to the up-down direction and the front-rear direction, and
wherein the first guide member has a portion positioned at the same height as the storage body in the up-down direction.