Patent ID: 9158245
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A medium transporting apparatus, comprising: a first transporting section that transports a medium; a first guide for guiding the medium transported by the first transporting section, the first guide being disposed downstream of the first transporting section in a first direction in which the medium is transported; and a second transporting section disposed downstream of the first guide in the first direction; wherein the first guide includes a first guide portion that extends in the first direction, and a second guide portion that extends in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; wherein the first guide includes a first guide surface on which the medium is transported; wherein the first guide surface is inclined so that the first guide surface slopes upward from upstream to downstream along the first direction; wherein when a first straight line is defined as an imaginary straight line connecting a downstream end of a first nip portion formed by the first transporting section for transporting the medium and an upstream end of a second nip portion formed by the second transporting section for transporting the medium, the second guide portion is disposed so as to protrude from the first straight line at a downstream end of the first guide portion in the first direction.