Patent ID: 9738473
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. A sheet conveying apparatus, comprising: an abutment member including an abutment surface against which a leading edge of a sheet being conveyed abuts; a holding member configured to hold the abutment member so as to be movable between an abutment position at which the leading edge of the sheet abuts against the abutment surface and a retracted position at which the leading edge of the sheet does not abut against the abutment surface, the holding member being movable together with the abutment member from a waiting position in a predetermined direction when the abutment surface of the abutment member is pushed by the leading edge of the sheet in a state in which the holding member is located at the waiting position; a sheet conveying unit configured to convey the sheet in a state in which the abutment member contacts a surface of the sheet after the leading edge of the sheet comes off the abutment surface by the holding member being moved in the predetermined direction; a first urging portion configured to urge the holding member so as to move the holding member to the waiting position in the state in which the abutment member contacts the surface of the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit; a second urging portion configured to urge the abutment member so as to move the abutment member, which is released from contact with the surface of the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit, from the retracted position to the abutment position in a state in which the holding member is located at the waiting position; and a flag configured to move in association with movement of the abutment member in order to change detection of a detecting portion.