Abstract: A transport device includes a first rotary part that rotates; a second rotary part that contacts the first rotary part, that forms a pinch region where an object to be transported is pinched between the second rotary part and the first rotary part, and that rotates together with the first rotary part; and a positioning mechanism that positions the second rotary part with respect to the first rotary part. The positioning mechanism includes a swing part that supports one end portion side of the second rotary part, that is supported at one end portion side of the first rotary part, and that is swingable around a rotation center of the first rotary part; and a fixing section that fixes the swing part.

Abstract: A paper transport device includes: a paper transport path that includes plural pairs of transport units provided in a direction intersecting with a direction of transport of paper, and transports paper in a predetermined direction; an opening and closing unit that is opened and closed to expose a part of the paper transport path; and a guide unit that has a guide surface on one side of the paper transport path and is rotatably supported about a rotation shaft between a guide posture for guidance of the paper and an opening posture for opening of the guide surface through rotation from the guide posture, when the opening and closing unit is opened.

Abstract: A transport device includes a first rotary part that rotates; a second rotary part that contacts the first rotary part, that forms a pinch region where an object to be transported is pinched between the second rotary part and the first rotary part, and that rotates together with the first rotary part; and a positioning mechanism that positions the second rotary part with respect to the first rotary part. The positioning mechanism includes a swing part that supports one end portion side of the second rotary part, that is supported at one end portion side of the first rotary part, and that is swingable around a rotation center of the first rotary part; and a fixing section that fixes the swing part.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus body including an image former that forms an image on a recording material; a covering part that is provided in the apparatus body and leaves an inside of the apparatus body open by being opened in an opening direction with respect to the apparatus body; a reversing unit that is housed by the apparatus body and discharges part of the recording material on which the image is formed by the image former externally of the apparatus body, and reverses a transport direction of the recording material; and a guiding unit that is provided adjacent to a downstream side of the covering part in the opening direction, guides the recording material discharged through the apparatus body by the reversing unit, and when the covering part is opened with respect to the apparatus body, the guiding unit moves relatively with respect to the covering part in an opposite direction of the opening direction.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus body including an image former that forms an image on a recording material; an opening unit that leaves an inside of the apparatus body open by being opened in a predetermined opening direction with respect to the apparatus body; a reversing unit that discharges part of the recording material on which the image is formed by the image former externally of the apparatus body, and reverses a transport direction of the recording material; and a guiding unit that is provided adjacent to a downstream side of the opening unit in the opening direction, guides the recording material discharged through the apparatus body by the reversing unit, and when the opening unit is opened with respect to the apparatus body, moves in an opposite direction to the opening direction relatively with respect to the opening unit.

Abstract: A recording medium processing apparatus includes a housing that accommodates a processing unit, which is capable of processing a recording medium, and that has an internal space a part of which is open; an internal stacker that is disposed in the internal space and that allows the recording medium to be stacked thereon; a light source that is disposed in a part of the internal stacker and that emits a light beam toward a predetermined position on the internal stacker, the light beam notifying a user of a state in which the recording medium is or is not stacked on the internal stacker; and a reflection member that is disposed in a part of the internal stacker and that reflects the light beam from the light source laterally outward from the internal stacker.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a reverse transport portion that transports the recording medium in a reverse direction, which is opposite to a transport direction in which the recording medium is transported to the reverse transport portion from the image forming section, a first ejection portion to which the recording medium is ejected and that is disposed on a downstream side of a second transport path in the transport direction, the second transport path diverging from a first transport path along which the recording medium is transported from the image forming section to the reverse transport portion, and a reverse transport path along which the recording medium is transported from the reverse transport portion to the image forming section, the reverse transport path not overlapping a third transport path along which the recording medium is transported from the image forming section to the first ejection portion.

Abstract: A recording medium transporting device includes a transport path, a first open-close portion, and a second open-close portion. A recording medium on which an image is formed is transported over the transport path. The first open-close portion is disposed on a side surface of the transporting device so as to be openable to cover and closeable to uncover the transporting device. The first open-close portion renders a first portion of the transport path open when the first open-close portion is opened so as to uncover the transporting device. The second open-close portion is located inside the transporting device at a position further inward of the first open-close portion so as to be openable to cover and closeable to uncover the transporting device. The second open-close portion renders a second portion of the transport path open when the second open-close portion is opened so as to uncover the transporting device.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a reverse transport portion that transports the recording medium in a reverse direction, which is opposite to a transport direction in which the recording medium is transported to the reverse transport portion from the image forming section, a first ejection portion to which the recording medium is ejected and that is disposed on a downstream side of a second transport path in the transport direction, the second transport path diverging from a first transport path along which the recording medium is transported from the image forming section to the reverse transport portion, and a reverse transport path along which the recording medium is transported from the reverse transport portion to the image forming section, the reverse transport path not overlapping a third transport path along which the recording medium is transported from the image forming section to the first ejection portion.

Abstract: A recording medium processing apparatus includes a housing that accommodates a processing unit, which is capable of processing a recording medium, and that has an internal space a part of which is open; an internal stacker that is disposed in the internal space and that allows the recording medium to be stacked thereon; a light source that is disposed in a part of the internal stacker and that emits a light beam toward a predetermined position on the internal stacker, the light beam notifying a user of a state in which the recording medium is or is not stacked on the internal stacker; and a reflection member that is disposed in a part of the internal stacker and that reflects the light beam from the light source laterally outward from the internal stacker.

Abstract: A recording medium transporting device includes a transport path, a first open-close portion, and a second open-close portion. A recording medium on which an image is formed is transported over the transport path. The first open-close portion is disposed on a side surface of the transporting device so as to be openable to cover and closeable to uncover the transporting device. The first open-close portion renders a first portion of the transport path open when the first open-close portion is opened so as to uncover the transporting device. The second open-close portion is located inside the transporting device at a position further inward of the first open-close portion so as to be openable to cover and closeable to uncover the transporting device. The second open-close portion renders a second portion of the transport path open when the second open-close portion is opened so as to uncover the transporting device.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a medium transport path that branches at a predetermined branching position and along which a medium is transported toward a stacking portion in a curved state; an opening-closing member capable of opening and closing, the opening-closing member opening so as to expose an inner section of an apparatus body in a region upstream of the branching position in a medium transporting direction; and a guiding member having a guide surface that serves as a first guide surface of the medium transport path at a concave side of the medium transport path, the guiding member being supported such that the guiding member is rotatable between a guiding orientation in which the guiding member guides the medium and an opening orientation to which the guiding member rotates from the guiding orientation to open the guide surface of the guiding member.

Abstract: Provided is a recording material discharge device including a recording material discharge member that discharges a recording material, a receiving member that receives the recording material which is discharged by the recording material discharge member, and a variable section that changes an angle of the discharge of the recording material discharged by the recording material discharge member.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms an image, a transport path section along which a recording material that is yet to undergo or has undergone image formation performed by the image forming section is transported, a transport unit that is provided in the transport path section and transports the recording material while nipping the recording material, an operated portion that is operated by a user and activates the transport unit such that the recording material is removed from the transport unit, and a notification unit that notifies a completion of the operation of the operated portion on the basis of a position of the recording material that is removed from the transport unit by the user's operation of the operated portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms an image, a transport path section along which a recording material that is yet to undergo or has undergone image formation performed by the image forming section is transported, a transport unit that is provided in the transport path section and transports the recording material while nipping the recording material, an operated portion that is operated by a user and activates the transport unit such that the recording material is removed from the transport unit, and a notification unit that notifies a completion of the operation of the operated portion on the basis of a position of the recording material that is removed from the transport unit by the user's operation of the operated portion.