Patent ID: 7431289

Claim:
A sheet delivery apparatus which delivers a sheet to a delivery tray, comprising: a guide portion which guides the sheet; a pair of delivery rotary members which nip and deliver the sheet guided by the guide portion; and a projection that rotates about an axis of one delivery rotary member of the pair of delivery rotary members, is abutted against a trailing end of the sheet delivered by the pair of delivery rotary members, and pushes out the trailing end of the sheet toward the delivery tray, wherein the guide portion deforms the sheet nipped by the pair of the delivery rotary members so that the sheet does not contact the projection, and after the trailing end of the sheet delivered by the pair of delivery rotary members has passed through the guide portion, the projection and the trailing end of the sheet are abutted against each other, and wherein the guide portion is formed by a roller driven to be rotated by the sheet.