Patent ID: 8403317

Claim:
A sheet conveyance device comprising: a first sheet conveyance roller unit disposed in a first sheet conveyance path to receive and convey a sheet; a first skew corrector disposed in the first sheet conveyance path to correct skew of the sheet; a second sheet conveyance roller unit disposed in a second sheet conveyance path to receive and convey a sheet, said a second sheet conveyance path being disposed parallel to the first sheet conveyance path; a second skew corrector to correct skew of the sheet disposed in the second sheet conveyance path; and a third conveyance path disposed downstream of the first sheet conveyance path and the second sheet conveyance path, into which the first sheet conveyance path and the second sheet conveyance path merge, the sheet being alternately conveyed to the first sheet conveyance path and the second sheet conveyance path, wherein the first sheet conveyance roller unit and the second sheet conveyance roller unit share a common roller.