Patent ID: 8382099

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a sheet conveying portion which conveys a sheet to be formed with an image; and an abutment member which is abutted by the tip end of a sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying portion, and movable to a first attitude of being abutted by the tip end of the sheet being conveyed, and to a second attitude of allowing passage of the sheet and being in the state of abutting the surface of the sheet, wherein the abutment member in the second attitude abuts a part which is outside an image forming region and on the sheet surface having the image forming region in a central part in a width direction orthogonal to a sheet conveying direction, wherein the abutment member is provided with a plurality of abutment portions which is arrayed in the width direction and abut the sheet being conveyed, and among the plurality of abutment portions, the abutment portion located on each end side in the width direction has a larger length in a sheet thickness direction than those lengths of the other abutment portions.