Patent ID: 9682834
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B41J,B65H

Claim:
1. A transport apparatus comprising: a housing which includes a plurality of paths; a lead-in path through which a medium is led into the housing; a first branch path and a second branch path which branch in directions different from each other from a branch point which becomes a downstream end of the lead-in path, in a transport direction in which the medium led in from the lead-in path is transported; a guiding portion which guides the medium by selectively switching the medium that is transported through the lead-in path to be transported to any one of the first branch path and the second branch path; a first switchback path which is provided to extend downward in a vertical direction from the downstream end of the first branch path, and in which the medium is switched back; a second switchback path which is provided to extend downward in a vertical direction from the downstream end of the second branch path, and in which the medium is switched back; a first joining path through which the medium switched back by the first switchback path is transported; a second joining path through which the medium switched back by the second switchback path is transported; and a lead-out path which extends from a joining point at which the downstream end of the first joining path and the downstream end of the second joining path join with each other, wherein the lead-out path is provided to pass through between the first switchback path and the second switchback path and extend in order to detour the downstream end of the first switchback path, wherein a first connection point at which an upstream end of the first switchback path and an upstream end of the first joining path are connected to each other is disposed above a second connection point at which an upstream end of the second switchback path and an upstream end of the second joining path are connected to each other in the vertical direction, and wherein a downstream side in the second switchback path is configured of a guide portion provided to extend lower in the vertical direction than the detour portion of the lead-out path.