Patent ID: 7914215

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit which forms an image on a recording sheet; a casing which houses the image forming unit and holds the image forming unit; a conveying roller which applies a conveying force to the recording sheet by contacting with the recording sheet; a first roller which is fixed to a position confronting the conveying roller, the first roller pushing the recording sheet toward the conveying roller and being rotatable; a second roller which is arranged at a position confronting the conveying roller and downstream of the first roller in a conveying direction, the second roller being displaceable; and a roller displacing mechanism which displaces the second roller in such a manner as to change a distance between the second roller and the conveying roller, wherein the first roller and the second roller are connected by a roller holder, wherein the second roller is rocked and displaced on a rotation center of the first roller, and wherein the rotation center of the first roller remains fixed and a rotation center of the second roller rotates around the rotation center of the first roller.