Sheet diverting device for copying apparatus or the like

A sheet diverting device for a copying apparatus or the like for diverting sheets from a first transportation path, said device having at least second, third and fourth transportation paths diverging from said first transportation path, first deflecting means displaceable between a first position for guiding a sheet from said first transportation path to said second transportation path and a second position for blocking the passage of the sheet from said first transportation path to said second transportation path and constituting a part of a path for guiding the sheet to said third transportation path, second deflecting means displaceable between a first position for guiding the sheet from said first transportation path to said fourth transportation path and a second position for blocking the passage of the sheet from said first transportation path to said fourth transportation path and constituting another part of the path for guiding the sheet to said third transportation path, and a pair of rollers for transporting the sheet provided near the diverging portion of said first, second, third and fourth transportation paths, the sheet guiding fore end portions of said first and second deflecting means being disposed at the nip between said pair of rollers.