Patent ID: 8807556

Claim:
A sheet conveying apparatus that conveys sheets, comprising: a sheet stacking unit configured to stack the sheets thereon; a sheet conveying unit configured to convey the sheets stacked on the sheet stacking unit; a separation unit configured to separate a sheet of the uppermost portion by a separation slope that abuts a tip portion of the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit; a guide unit configured to guide the sheet separated by the separation unit; and a rotating unit configured to rotate the separation slope around a rotation center provided in a vicinity of a downstream end in a sheet moving direction of the separation slope so that an angle between the sheet stacking unit and the separation slope is changed, wherein the sheets are separated at a first angle in a case where the sheets have predetermined rigidity, and the sheets are separated at a second angle in a case where the sheets have a rigidity lower than the predetermined rigidity.