Conveying device and image forming apparatus

A conveying device that conveys a sheet, the conveying device comprising:

• a first guide section extending in a conveyance direction of the sheet;
• a second guide section having a fulcrum portion and configured to pivot about the fulcrum portion;
• and
• an urging section configured to urge the second guide section, wherein
• the second guide section is pivotable between a guide position and a separation position, the guide position being a position in which the second guide section is located when a conveyance path of the sheet is formed between the second guide section and the first guide section, the separation position being a position in which the second guide position is located as a result of pivoting from the guide position by a specific angle,
• when the second guide section is in the guide position, the urging section urges the second guide section in a first pivot direction, the first pivot direction being a direction in which the second guide section pivots from the separation position toward the guide position, and
• in a course of the second guide section pivoting from the guide position to the separation position, a direction in which the urging section urges the second guide section changes from the first pivot direction to a second pivot direction, the second pivot direction being a direction in which the second guide section moves from the guide position to the separation position.