Patent ID: 7988147

Claim:
A sheet conveying apparatus for conveying paper sheets to a different level in a direction along surfaces of the paper sheets, comprising: a first conveyor section configured to convey the paper sheets in an upright orientation along a first path of a first level; a second conveyor section configured to tilt the paper sheets at an acute tilt angle and convey the tilted paper sheets along a curved conveyance direction to guide and shift the tilted paper sheets to a second path of a second level that is at a different height than the first level; a third conveyor section configured to restore the tilted paper sheets back to the upright orientation, upon reaching the second level, and convey the upright paper sheets along the second level; and at least one pair of conveyor belts provided along the first to third conveyor sections to hold the paper sheets therebetween and convey the paper sheets, the conveyor belts including a first twisted portion configured to tilt the paper sheets in the second conveyor section, and a second twisted portion configured to return an attitude of the paper sheets to upright in the third conveyor section.