Patent ID: 7303191

Claim:
A sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a sheet by sheet conveying means, comprising: detection means which detects a skew of a conveyed sheet with respect to a sheet conveying direction; skew correcting means which pivots, in a state nipping the sheet in a skewed state, in a direction for correcting the skew of said sheet, based on a detection signal from said detection means; and control means provided with calculation means which calculates a front end position of the sheet of which skew is corrected by a pivotal movement of said skew correcting means, based on a detection signal from said detection means, wherein said skew correcting means conveys the sheet corrected for said skew at a predetermined timing and said control means controls the sheet conveying speed of said skew correction means according to the front end position, calculated by said calculation means, of the sheet corrected for said skew.