Patent ID: 8489013

Claim:
An intermediary conveyance apparatus having a sheet storing section to store a sheet, a sheet entering section to convey the sheet to the sheet storing section and a sheet discharging section to discharge the sheet stored in the sheet storing section, comprising: a blower device to blow air to the sheet storing section, the blower device including a restriction member to switch a direction of an air current generated by the blower device; and an intermediary conveyance control device configured to control the blower device, wherein the intermediary conveyance control device controls the restriction member of the blower device to blow air to the sheet storing section when the sheet is conveyed from the sheet entering section to the sheet storing section, and to stop air blow to the sheet storing section when the sheet is discharged from the sheet storing section via the sheet discharging section, by switching the direction of the air current generated by the blower device.