Patent ID: 8348418

Claim:
A transporting apparatus which transports a sheet shaped transporting medium, comprising: a pair of transporting rollers which pinches the transporting medium to transport, including a drive roller and a driven roller which is driven by the drive roller; a transporting path which is formed to have a curved portion which changes a transporting direction of the transporting medium transported by the pair of transporting rollers, and the pair of transporting rollers being arranged in the curved portion; and a movable member which is changeable to a first attitude and a second attitude, wherein under a condition that the movable member takes the first attitude, an outer side of the curved portion is defined by the movable member to guide the transporting medium, under a condition that the movable member takes the second attitude, the outer side of the curved portion is opened not to define the outer side of the curved portion, and the movable member includes a guiding portion which guides the transporting medium between the pair of transporting rollers under a condition that the movable member takes the first attitude, and a positioning portion which positions the guiding portion with respect to a shaft of the drive roller under a condition that the movable member takes the first attitude, and which is separated from the shaft of the drive roller under a condition that the movable member takes the second attitude.