Patent ID: 8556259
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet conveying apparatus comprising: a conveying portion configured to convey a sheet; a rotating portion configured to have an abutting portion which abuts against a leading end of the sheet conveyed by the conveying portion at a waiting position, wherein the rotating portion is rotated in a predetermined rotational direction by the abutting portion being pushed by the leading end of the sheet, and the rotating portion locates at the waiting position, where a leading end of a subsequent sheet abuts against the abutting portion, by rotating in the predetermined rotational direction after a leading end of a preceding sheet abuts against the abutting portion; a sensor portion configured to detect the sheet to be conveyed based on a rotational position of the rotating portion; and a rotation transmission portion configured to transmit a rotational driving force to the rotating portion to rotate the rotating portion in the predetermined rotational direction after the rotating portion is rotated by being pushed by the leading end of the sheet to be conveyed.