Patent ID: 7607663

Claim:
A recording medium transport device comprising: a transport roller unit that nips a recording medium and transports the recording medium in a recording medium transport direction to a recording area, the transport roller unit including: a transport roller and plural pinch rollers for nipping and transporting the recording medium; an integrally formed pinch roller holder body that pivotally supports the plural pinch rollers to be pressed to the transport roller, the pinch roller holder body including: a base portion that is immovably fixed to a frame; plural support portions for supporting the plural pinch rollers respectively; plural intermediate portions located between the base portion and each of the plural support portions, each of the plural intermediate portions being smaller in thickness than the base portion and each of the plural support portions and elongating in a direction orthogonal to the recording medium transport direction; and plural urging units directly contacting the plural support portions respectively for elastically urging a tip side of each of the plural support portions toward the transport roller.