Patent ID: 8528902

Claim:
A sheet conveying apparatus comprising: a curve-shaped conveying path which guides a sheet being conveyed in a first conveyance direction toward a second conveyance direction which is curved against the first conveyance direction; a first drive conveying portion which is arranged at the curve-shaped conveying path and which conveys the sheet in the second conveyance direction with a nip of a pair of rollers being mutually-pressed; and a belt conveying portion which is arranged at a curved portion of the curve-shaped conveying path and which conveys the sheet conveyed in the first conveyance direction toward the first drive conveying portion with rotation of an endless belt member, wherein the belt conveying portion includes a first pulley which is arranged coaxially with one of the pair of rollers and a second pulley which is arranged upstream of the first drive conveying portion from the first pulley, the belt member being wound around the first and second pulley, and a distance from a rotation center of the first pulley to an outer surface of a portion of the belt member that is wound around the first pulley is smaller than a radius of the one of the pair of rollers.