Patent ID: 9588475
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B65H,G03G

Claim:
1. A sheet transport apparatus comprising: a first guide portion that is included in a first transport path along which a sheet is to be transported; a movable guide portion that is capable of moving to a first position at which the movable guide portion guides the sheet from the first transport path to a second transport path and to a second position at which the movable guide portion guides the sheet from the first transport path to a third transport path; and an air-blowing unit that blows air into the first transport path from outside the first transport path, wherein the first guide portion has a ventilation portion that is positioned further upstream than the movable guide portion in a sheet transport direction in which the sheet is to be transported, and the air-blowing unit blows the air into the first transport path from outside the first transport path via the ventilation portion, wherein an order of arrangement for components, in a direction relative to the air blown by the air-blowing unit is the air-blowing unit, the ventilation portion, the movable guide portion, and the second transport path or the third transport, path wherein the air blown by the air-blowing unit is selectively guided to the second transport path and the third transport path as a result of switching a position of the movable guide portion between the first position and the second position, and wherein the movable guide portion and the first guide portion are arranged in such a manner that the movable guide portion and the first guide portion are capable of coming into surface contact with each other when the movable guide portion is at the first position and the second position.