Patent ID: 8393619

Claim:
An image forming apparatus configured to transport a recording medium, comprising: a body frame; an image forming unit supported by the body frame and configured to form an image on the recording medium; a feed roller configured to transport the recording medium toward the image forming unit; and a transporting unit supported in the body frame and configured to transport the recording medium in a transporting direction toward the feed roller, the transporting unit including: a transporting tray, which is a rectangular plate-shaped member in plan view, configured to support the recording medium which is being transported; a side guide disposed at an end portion of the transporting tray in a width direction perpendicular to the transporting direction and configured to abut with an end of the recording medium in the width direction; an opposing plate supported in a cantilevered manner by the transporting tray, the opposing plate being fixed to the transporting tray on an outside of the side guide in the width direction; a skew roller, which is rotatably supported by the opposing plate, configured to skew the recording medium toward the side guide such that the skewed recording medium abuts with the side guide; and an urging member configured to urge a portion of the opposing plate toward the transporting tray.