Patent ID: 9586778
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. A sheet conveying apparatus, comprising: an abutment member provided with an abutment surface against which a leading edge of a conveyed sheet abuts; a holding member configured to hold the abutment member so that the abutment member is 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 moved from a waiting position in a predetermined direction together with the abutment member by the leading edge of the sheet pushing the abutment surface of the abutment member when 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 is in contact with a surface of the sheet after the leading edge of the sheet is removed from the abutment surface by a movement of the holding member 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 a state in which the abutment member is in contact with the surface of the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit; and 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 the state in which the holding member is located at the waiting position.