Patent ID: 8585049
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet conveyance apparatus comprising: a reference surface extending along a sheet conveyance direction and configured to regulate the position of a side edge of a sheet to be conveyed; a skew conveyance mechanism configured to convey the sheet obliquely so that the side edge of the sheet collides against the reference surface; a guide unit provided between the reference surface and the skew conveyance mechanism and configured to guide the side edge of the sheet conveyed by the skew conveyance mechanism to the reference surface, the guide unit including a first guide having a sheet conveyance surface facing one surface of the sheet to be conveyed and a second guide having a sheet conveyance surface facing the other surface of the sheet to be conveyed; a recessed portion provided on one of the sheet conveyance surface of the first guide and the sheet conveyance surface of the second guide; and a protruding portion configured to protrude from the other of the sheet conveyance surface of the first guide and the sheet conveyance surface of the second guide, the protruding portion being opposed to the recessed portion and protruding into the recessed portion, wherein the protruding portion is urged in a protruded state.