Patent ID: 8863935

Claim:
A medium handling apparatus, comprising: a conveying member conveying a medium; and a switch switching a conveying direction of the medium conveyed by said conveying member, wherein said switch includes: a shaft supported on a stationary part of said apparatus that is rotatable between a first rotational position and a second rotational position; a first guide member fixed to said shaft and including: a first guide surface that guides, when said shaft is in a first rotational position, a medium conveyed by said conveying member in a first direction; and a second guide surface that guides, when said shaft is in a second rotational position, the medium in a second direction, different from the first direction, to direct the medium to a branching path; and a second guide member disposed beside said first guide member in a longitudinal direction of said shaft on a side of the branching path so as not to interfere with said conveying member; said second guide member being arranged correspondingly in position to said conveying member; and said second guide member including a third guide surface guiding the medium in the second direction.