Patent ID: 7988148

Claim:
A transporting path configuration comprising: a separating mechanism that, with respect to a pair of transporting members which nip and transport a recording medium, separates from one of the transporting members the other transporting member; an opening/closing transporting path member that is rotatably attached above the transporting members and has a first surface that configures a first transporting path of the recording medium discharged from the transporting members; a transporting path member that is rotatably attached above the opening/closing transporting path member and forms a second transporting path between the transporting path member and a second surface of the opening/closing transporting path member in a state of covering the opening/closing transporting path member; and a handle that is attached to the opening/closing transporting path member so as to be extended above the second transporting path and is further extended above a cover that covers a discharge member that transports the recording medium transported from the first transporting path; wherein the separating mechanism moves the handle in a direction away from the cover when the other transporting member is separated from the one transporting member by the separating mechanism.