Patent ID: 8838008

Claim:
A device for switching a transport direction of a recording material, the device comprising: a switching unit that switches a transport direction of a recording material by being selectively moved to a first position or a second position; and a movement unit that moves the switching unit between the first position and the second position by increasing or reducing a force exerted on the switching unit, wherein the movement unit changes, on the basis of a temperature of the movement unit, timing at which the force exerted on the switching unit is increased or reduced, wherein, in a case of moving the switching unit between the first position and the second position by increasing the force exerted on the switching unit, the movement unit changes the timing in accordance with an increase in the temperature of the movement unit so that the timing is later than the timing that was prior to being changed, and, in a case of moving the switching unit between the second position and the first position by reducing the force exerted on the switching unit, the movement unit changes the timing in accordance with an increase in the temperature of the movement unit so that the timing is earlier than the timing that was prior to being changed.