Patent ID: 9586781
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B31F,B41L,B42B,B42C,B65G,B65H,G03G

Claim:
1. A sheet bundle conveying apparatus which discharges a sheet from a stack portion, comprising: a first conveying portion which conveys a sheet stacked on the stack portion in a conveyance direction; a second conveying portion which conveys a sheet in the conveyance direction, the second conveying portion performing relay conveyance of the sheet which has been conveyed by the first conveying portion; and a pressing portion pressing a sheet which is being conveyed by the second conveying portion and moving in the conveyance direction together with the second conveying portion while pressing the sheet, the pressing portion comprising a contact portion which contacts the sheet, the contact portion comprising an inclined portion, a distance between the inclined portion and the stack portion increasing toward a downstream in the conveyance direction, the pressing portion comprising a support portion which supports the contact portion, the contact portion swimming around the support portion and pressing the sheet at an upstream of the support portion in the conveyance direction, wherein in case where the second conveying portion performs the relay conveyance, an upstream end portion of a sheet conveyed by the first conveying portion in the conveyance direction moves relatively along the inclined portion and the sheet is pressed by the contact portion.