Patent ID: 8764184

Claim:
An image forming device comprising: a supporting/conveying member that supports a sheet-shaped recording medium from a bottom surface of the recording medium, and conveys the recording medium while rotating; an abutment member that abuts a leading end portion of the recording medium that is conveyed by the supporting/conveying member, and stops the leading end portion of the recording medium; a pushing roller that is provided at an upstream side, in a conveying direction of the recording medium, with respect to the abutment member so as to face the supporting/conveying member, and pushes the leading end portion of the recording medium against the abutment member by rotating while contacting the recording medium and sliding on the recording medium; a conveying member that conveys the recording medium, whose stoppage by the abutment member has been released, toward a downstream side in the conveying direction of the recording medium; and a droplet ejecting head that ejects droplets onto the recording medium that is conveyed by the conveying member, and forms an image on the recording mediums; a conveying roller that is disposed at an upstream side, in the conveying direction of the recording medium, with respect to a trailing end portion of a recording medium whose leading end portion abuts the abutment member, and that rotates and conveys the recording medium along a conveying path of the recording medium, wherein, when viewed from a direction of a rotating shaft of the conveying roller, the pushing roller is configured to be swingably supported.