Patent ID: 8317196

Claim:
A medium conveying device comprising: a first guide member that guides one face of a medium to be conveyed and opposed to the one face when the medium is conveyed; a second guide member that guides the other face of the medium and is opposed to the other face when the medium is conveyed, the second guide member being movable between a close position and an open position; a conveying member that is provided in a conveying passage formed by the first guide member and the second guide member being at the close position in order to convey the medium in the conveying passage; and a support member that keeps the second guide member at the open position and is provided at an edge of the second guide member that extends in a direction transverse to the direction in which the medium is conveyed such that the medium crosses the edge when conveyed by the conveying member, wherein when the second guide member is at the open position, the medium in the conveying passage is removable from the conveying passage.