Conveying apparatus, sheet conveying apparatus and image recording apparatus

A conveying apparatus comprising:

• a casing formed with a first sheet-conveyance passage extending in a first conveyance direction and a second sheet-conveyance passage formed inwardly as compared with the first sheet-conveyance passage and extending in a second conveyance direction;
• a cover member including:
• a first resin member having a first guide surface which defines the first sheet-conveyance passage;
• a second resin member attached to the first resin member and having a second guide surface which is located on an inner side of the casing than the first guide surface to face the first guide surface and defines the first sheet-conveyance passage together with the first guide surface;
• and a third resin member attached to the second resin member at a position opposite to the first resin member with respect to the second resin member and having a third guide surface which defines the second sheet-conveyance passage, the cover member being movable to a first position at which the cover closes the first sheet-conveyance passage and the second sheet-conveyance passage with respect to outside of the casing and a second position at which the cover opens the first sheet-conveyance passage and the second sheet-conveyance passage to the outside of the casing;
• and
• a metal frame attached to the second resin member at a position between the second resin member and the third resin member,
• wherein the first sheet-conveyance passage is connected to the second sheet-conveyance passage at a position downstream of the first resin member and the second resin member in the first conveyance direction,
• the third resin member has a coefficient of friction smaller than that of the second resin member, and
• a downstream end portion of the third resin member in the second conveyance direction extends to a position downstream of the first resin member and the second resin member in the first conveyance direction, and has a fourth guide surface which defines the first sheet-conveyance passage.