Patent ID: 8025292

Claim:
A transport apparatus comprising: a transport roller unit that includes a drive transport roller and a driven transport roller to transport a transported medium to a downstream side of a transport direction; a driven roller holder that rotatably holds the driven transport roller; a support member comprising a first frame member that supports the driven roller holder and allows the driven roller holder to swing; a load applying resilient member comprising a torsion coil spring that applies a load to the driven transport roller by a first end of the torsion coil spring engaging with the driven transport roller and being resiliently deformed in a direction along which the driven transport roller approaches the drive transport roller, wherein a plurality of coils of the torsion coil spring are maintained by a coil maintainer formed in the first frame member; and an engaging member comprising a second frame member that is provided separately from the support member to ensure a position of the transport roller unit and to bear the load applied to the driven transport roller by engaging with a second end of the torsion coil spring of the load applying resilient member which is also resiliently deformed when the load is applied to the driven transport roller.