Patent ID: 8308158
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet conveying apparatus, which conveys a sheet toward an image forming portion forming an image on a sheet, comprising: a skew feeding correcting portion which corrects skew feeding of the sheet; a sheet end detecting portion which detects a corner on the conveying direction leading edge side of the sheet being conveyed and two sides forming the corner and detects a right angle degree of the corner; and a controlling portion which automatically calculates, based on the sheet right angle degree detected by the sheet end detecting portion, a skew feeding regulation amount used for making any one of the two sides forming the corner of the sheet, parallel to the image to be formed on the sheet by the image forming portion and controls the skew feeding correcting portion so as to correct the skew feeding of the sheet based on the skew feeding regulation amount so that any one of the two sides forming the corner of the sheet is parallel to the image.