Patent ID: 8387976

Claim:
A sheet conveyance apparatus for conveying a sheet on a conveyance path, comprising: a guide unit held in contact with a side end portion of the conveyed sheet to guide the side end portion of the sheet; a first roller, arranged in a downstream position of the guide unit, configured to convey the sheet; a first pinch roller held in contact with an entire width of the sheet configured to pinch the sheet in cooperation with the first roller; a second roller, arranged in a downstream position of the first roller, configured to convey the sheet; and a plurality of second pinch rollers configured to pinch the sheet in cooperation with the second roller, wherein each of the plurality of second pinch rollers is inclined such that an end portion of the pinch roller that is nearer to the center of the conveyance path than another end portion of the pinch roller is located downstream of another end portion of the pinch roller, and wherein the smaller the distance to the conveyance path side end, the greater the inclination of the pinch roller.