Patent ID: 8356814
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet conveying apparatus that conveys a sheet, the sheet conveying apparatus comprising: a driving rotation body that has a notch in a circumferential surface thereof; a driven rotation body that is pressure-contactable with the circumferential surface of the driving rotation body; a holding portion rotatably supported that holds the driven rotation body; a biasing member that biases the holding portion toward a pressure contact position at which the driven rotation body is brought into pressure contact with the driving rotation body; a separating mechanism that moves the driven rotation body to a separation position, at which the driven rotation body is separated from the driving rotation body against a biasing force of the biasing member while the sheet is being conveyed; and an abutment portion that is abuttable by the holding portion to stop the driven rotation body, which is moved from the separation position by the biasing force by the biasing member, at the pressure contact position, wherein after the holding portion abuts the abutment portion to stop the driven rotation body at the pressure contact position, the circumferential surface of the driving rotation body is brought into pressure contact with the driven rotation body to convey the sheet.