Patent ID: 6059285
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B65H,H04N

Abstract:
A sheet conveying apparatus which includes a skew correction means for correcting skew-feed of a sheet and in which the sheet is conveyed while correcting the skew-feed of the sheet by said skew correction means, comprising:at least one sheet convey means disposed upstream of said skew correction means in a sheet conveying direction for conveying the sheet to said skew correction means and being shiftable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction;a shift means for shifting said sheet convey means pinching the sheet in the direction substantially perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction to thereby shift the sheet to be skew-corrected by said skew correction means in a skew correction direction;a sheet skew amount detection means for detecting a skew amount of the sheet; anda control means for controlling driving of said shift means to shift said sheet convey means by an amount corresponding to the skew amount on the basis of sheet skew amount information from said sheet skew amount detection means.