Patent ID: 8632069

Claim:
An image forming device, comprising: a main body; an image formation unit that formed an image on a sheet-like medium; and a re-carrying path along which the sheet-like medium on which the image has been formed by the image formation unit is carried again to the image formation unit, wherein the re-carrying path comprises: a first path formed to extend downward from a downstream side in a carrying direction of the image formation unit; a bending part formed to bend from a lower end of the first path toward an upstream side in the carrying direction of the image formation unit; and a second path formed to extend from the bending part toward the upstream side in the carrying direction of the image formation unit, wherein a pair of re-carrying rollers which carry the sheet-like medium are provided on the second path, wherein a recessed part formed to be recessed downward with respect to a common tangential line of the pair of re-carrying rollers is provided on the second path between the bending part and the pair of re-carrying rollers, wherein the bending part bends outwardly with respect to a first surface of the sheet-like medium and wherein the recessed part is recessed downwardly with respect to the same surface of the sheet-like medium, and wherein the re-carrying path is configured such that the sheet-like medium is carried through the bending part and reaches the recessed part before the sheet-like medium reaches any rollers.