Patent ID: 8807740

Claim:
A conveying device configured to convey a recording sheet in a conveying direction, the conveying device comprising: a plurality of first rollers arrayed at intervals in an arrayed direction perpendicular to the conveying direction, each of the plurality of first rollers having a shaft extending in the arrayed direction; a plurality of second rollers provided in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of first rollers, each of the plurality of second rollers being in pressure contact with the corresponding first roller and being configured to convey the recording sheet in the conveying direction while nipping the recording sheet with the corresponding first roller at a nip point; and a roller holder configured to support the plurality of first rollers such that the plurality of first rollers is movable along the conveying direction between a first position and a second position, each of the plurality of first rollers in the first position and the corresponding second roller defining a first tangent line passing through the nip point, each of the plurality of first rollers in the second position and the corresponding second roller defining a second tangent line passing through the nip point, the second tangent line being angled with respect to the first tangent line, the roller holder comprising: a roller accommodating portion configured to accommodate the plurality of first rollers therein; an abutment member supported by the roller accommodating portion so as to be movable along the conveying direction between a third position and a fourth position, the abutment member being configured to abut against each of the shafts of the plurality of first rollers to move each of the plurality of first rollers from the first position to the second position in response to the movement of the abutment member from the third position to the fourth position, the abutment member being further configured to abut against each of the shafts of the plurality of first rollers to move each of the plurality of first rollers from the second position to the first position in response to the movement of the abutment member from the fourth position to the third position; and a slide portion configured to abut against the abutment member, the slide portion being supported by the roller accommodating portion so as to be movable along the arrayed direction between a fifth position and a sixth position, the slide portion being configured to be moved from the fifth position to the sixth position to move the abutment member from the third position to the fourth position, the slide portion being further configured to be moved from the sixth position to the fifth position to move the abutment member from the fourth position to the third position.