Patent ID: 8561982
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A sheet conveying apparatus, comprising: a curved conveyance path on which a sheet is transported along a curve of the curved conveyance path; and a first sheet conveyance guide having a curved guiding surface and defining the curved conveyance path, that part of the curved guiding surface of the first sheet conveyance guide, which receives a front end of the sheet fed to the curved conveyance path in a sheet feeding direction, having an opening, the opening having such a size in a guide width direction orthogonal to the sheet feeding direction that allows passage of a small size document not larger than a predetermined size and blocks passage of a large size document larger than the predetermined size, wherein: the opening is a rectangular opening, having a projection plane which is of a rectangular shape when viewed in the sheet feeding direction; and a wall section is provided at a downstream end of the rectangular opening, the downstream end of the rectangular opening provided downstream in a conveying direction of the large size sheet being conveyed on the curved conveyance path, the wall section (i) facing the curved conveyance path, (ii) extended outwardly from the curved conveyance path toward and disposed in another conveyance path other than the curved conveyance path on which the small size sheet is transported, and (iii) blocking a downstream side of the rectangular opening, the downstream side of the rectangular opening provided downstream in the conveying direction of the large size sheet being conveyed on the curved conveyance path.