Patent ID: 8611808

Claim:
A conveyor including a conveyance element configured to rotate in a first rotary direction for sending in a first direction a sheet conveyed along a first path and in a second rotary direction opposite to the first rotary direction for sending the sheet in a second direction opposite to the first direction into a second path comprising: a guide member configured to rotate between a first position where the first path opens and a second position where the first path closes and the second path opens; a first transmission element attached to an end of a shaft of the conveyance element to transmit a drive force to the conveyance element; a lever configured to rotate the guide member to one of the first position and the second position; a second transmission element connected with the first transmission element to transmit the drive force to the lever; and a transmission controller configured to control transmission of the drive force from the second transmission element to the lever, wherein the transmission controller transmits the drive force from the second transmission element to the lever while the lever rotates the guide member, the lever includes an arm that comes into contact with the guide member, rotation of the arm in one direction makes the guide member rotate to one of the first and second positions, and the guide member rotates to another of the first and second positions with the arm rotating in another direction.