Patent ID: 8760727

Claim:
A sheet conveying apparatus, comprising: a sheet placing part that is configured to receive a sheet placed thereon; a conveying part that is configured to convey the sheet from the sheet placing part; an apparatus wall defining a first conveyance opening; and a judging unit that is configured to judge whether the sheet is able to pass the first conveyance opening, the conveying part conveying the sheet to the first conveyance opening if the judging unit determines that the sheet is able to pass through the first conveyance opening, and the conveying part not conveying the sheet to the first conveyance opening if the judging unit determines that the sheet is unable to pass through the first conveyance opening, wherein a conveyance direction is defined as a direction in which the conveying part conveys the sheet, a width direction being defined as a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, wherein a width of the sheet is defined as a size of the sheet in the width direction if the sheet is positioned correctly with respect to the conveying direction, wherein the sheet conveying apparatus further comprises: a first width detecting unit that is configured to detect the width of the sheet before the conveying part starts conveying the sheet; and a width judging unit that is configured to judge, based on a detection result by the first width detecting unit, whether the width of the sheet is greater than or equal to a prescribed first width, wherein the judging unit determines that the sheet is unable to pass through the first conveyance opening if the width judging unit determines that the width of the sheet is greater than or equal to the prescribed first width, wherein the apparatus wall defines a second conveyance opening whose width defined in a widthwise direction is greater than that of the first conveyance opening, and wherein the conveying part conveys the sheet to the second conveyance opening if the judging unit determines that the sheet is unable to pass through the first conveyance opening.