Patent ID: 8567941

Claim:
A transporting device transporting a medium, comprising: a first member pair which is apart from each other with a distance in a first direction, and which faces each other to define a part of a transporting path through which the medium is transported, and which changes a posture of the first member pair between a first posture and a second posture in which the distance is different from the distance in the first posture; a second member pair which is apart from each other with a distance in the first direction, which faces each other in a position different from that of the first member pair to define a part of the transporting path, and which changes a posture of the second member pair between a third posture and a fourth posture in which the distance is different from the distance in the third posture; and a movable member which is movable between a fifth posture and a sixth posture along a second direction intersecting the first direction, and which has a first abutting portion which abuts on one of the first member pair and a second abutting portion which abuts on one of the second member pair, wherein, in a process that the movable member moves from the fifth posture to the sixth posture, the first abutting portion abuts on one of the first member pair and makes the first member pair change the posture from the first posture to the second posture, thereby generating a force in a direction opposite to a direction of movement from the fifth posture to the sixth posture; and while the first abutting portion makes the first member pair change the posture, the second abutting portion abuts on one of the second member pair and makes the second member pair change the posture from the third posture to the fourth posture, thereby generating a force in a same direction as the direction of movement from the fifth posture to the sixth posture.