Conveying device and image forming apparatus

The invention provides a conveying device and an image forming apparatus. The transport device includes: a transport unit that adjusts a leading end of a recording medium and transports the recording medium; and a guide unit that is disposed on an upstream side in a conveyance direction of the conveyance unit and that guides the recording medium to the conveyance unit along a conveyance path, the guide unit being rotatable in a direction in which the conveyance path is opened, with a downstream side in the conveyance direction of the conveyance unit as a fulcrum. 提供输送装置和图像形成装置。输送装置具有：输送单元，其调整记录介质的前端而进行输送；以及引导单元，其配置于所述输送单元的输送方向上的上游侧，沿着输送路径向所述输送单元引导所述记录介质，所述引导单元能够将所述输送单元的输送方向上的下游侧作为支点向使所述输送路径开放的方向旋转。