Patent ID: 8585043

Claim:
A sheet adjusting device, comprising: a sheet setting plate configured to set a sheet thereon; a first regulating member disposed on the sheet setting plate along the sheet setting plate, the first regulating member configured to move in an orthogonal direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the sheet, the first regulating member configured to regulate a first end of the sheet set on the sheet setting plate in the orthogonal direction to adjust a position of the first end of the sheet in the orthogonal direction, the first regulating member configured to move the first end of the sheet in the orthogonal direction; a second regulating member disposed facing the first regulating member, the second regulating member configured to regulate a second end of the sheet in the orthogonal direction to adjust a position of the second end of the sheet in the orthogonal direction; and a friction-reducing unit disposed on the sheet setting plate, the friction reducing unit configured to contact an underside of the sheet and reduce a frictional force between the underside of the sheet and the sheet setting plate, the frictional force being due to movement of the sheet in the orthogonal direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the sheet, wherein the friction-reducing unit includes one of a protruding portion protruding from the sheet setting plate configured to contact the underside of the sheet and a protruding portion protruding from a sheet contact face configured to contact the leading edge of the sheet.