Patent ID: 6923439

Claim:
An image forming device comprising: an upstream-side sheet transport pathway; a plurality of downstream-side sheet transport pathways that diverge from the upstream-side sheet transport pathway at a divergence point; a pathway switching mechanism that, at the divergence point, selectively guides sheets transported following the upstream-side sheet transport pathway to one of the plurality of downstream-side sheet transport pathways, the pathway switching mechanism including: a pair of upstream-side gate members and a gate member pivoting unit, the pair of upstream-side gate members including a pair of pivot shafts and a pair of gates, the pair of pivot shafts being disposed with the sheet transport pathway interposed therebetween, each of the pair of gates being pivotable around a corresponding one the pair of pivot shafts and extending substantially toward the downstream-side sheet transport pathways, the gate member pivoting unit pivoting the pair of gates substantially simultaneously and substantially in the same direction; and a downstream-side gate member pivotable in a same direction as the pair of upstream-side gates.