| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet transport device and an image forming apparatus where pull-out resistance when a sheet jammed on a transport path is pulled out is suppressed.SOLUTION: A sheet transport device and a sheet transport section of an image forming apparatus 1 include a body, a first transport path through which a transported sheet passes, a second transport path through which the sheet that passes through the first transport path and is reversed in a transport direction thereof passes before it merges with the first transport path again and which has a curved portion on a downstream side thereof, a first guiding member that forms one guiding surface of the second transport path, and a second guiding member that forms the other guiding surface in the curved portion of the second transport path. The first guiding member is supported rotatably between a guiding posture where the sheet is guided and an open posture that rotates from the guiding posture to open the guiding surfaces, and an interval between the first guiding member and the second guiding member in the open posture is greater than that in the guiding posture. |
