Patent ID: 6988730

Claim:
A sheet conveying apparatus comprising: a sheet conveyor which conveys a sheet; a conveying guide which guides the sheet conveyed by said sheet conveyor, and which is movable between a sheet conveying position and a retracting position; a sheet conveying rotating body which conveys the sheet guided by said conveying guide, and which is movable between a sheet conveying position and a retracting position; and a moving unit which moves said conveying guide and said sheet conveying rotating body from the respective sheet conveying positions to the respective retracting positions, wherein a peripheral surface of said sheet conveying rotating body is projected from a sheet guiding surface of said conveying guide when said sheet conveying rotating body is in said sheet conveying position, and the peripheral surface of said sheet conveying rotating body is retracted from the sheet guiding surface of said conveying guide when said sheet conveying rotating body is in the retracting position.