Patent ID: 9415964
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: B65H,G03G

Claim Text:
1. A post-processing device comprising: a transport unit that transports a recording material which is sequentially transported from an upstream side toward a post-processing unit that performs post-processing on the recording material; a standby unit that is connected to the transport unit, and allows a recording material which is backhauled by a transport section reversible from the transport unit to temporarily stand by; a transport member that transport the recording material which stands by in the standby unit and the recording material which is transported in the transport unit to the post-processing unit with the recording materials stacked; and an elastic member that is arranged on an upstream side of a connection position of the transport unit where the standby unit is connected, guides the recording material sequentially transported from the upstream side to the post-processing unit, and guides the backhauled recording material to the standby unit, wherein the elastic member includes a first elastic member with a base end portion that is fixedly supported by the transport unit and a tip end portion that protrudes to a recording material transport area of the transport unit, and a second elastic member with a base end portion that is fixedly supported by the standby unit and a tip end portion that protrudes to a downstream side more than the tip end portion of the first elastic member.