Patent ID: 8448941
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus that is provided with a pair of rollers that rotate, and that selectively carries out forward direction transport in which a recording paper is sandwiched and transported between the rollers, and switchback transport in which the transport direction of the recording paper is switched to a reverse direction by causing the rollers to temporarily stop and then rotate in reverse during transport of the recording paper, comprising: a guide member that is provided at a downstream side from the rollers in the forward direction transport and that moves to either a first position or a second position, and a control portion that causes the guide member to move to the first position during the forward direction transport and causes the guide member to move to the second position during the switchback transport, wherein the first position is a position in which the guide member is retracted from a path of the recording paper on a downstream side from the rollers in the forward direction transport, and the second position is a position in which the recording paper sandwiched between the rollers can be received on the guide member, wherein the guide member is a guide board capable of rotating about a shaft, and the control portion causes the guide board to move to either a first position or a second position by causing the guide board to rotate about the shaft, wherein, when the guide board is in the second position, an upper surface of the guide board contacts a lower surface of the recording paper, and when the guide board is in the first position, an end of the guide board which is farther from the shaft is in a position lower than a position of the end when the guide board is in the second position.