Patent ID: 7946568

Claim:
A sheet processing apparatus comprising: a storing portion which stores a conveyed sheet, the storing portion being inclined to be lower on a downstream portion than on an upstream portion in a conveying direction of the sheet; a processing portion which processes a bundle of a plurality of the sheets stored in the storing portion in a processing position; a first conveying member which is provided downstream of the processing portion in the conveying direction of the sheet and conveys the sheet conveyed to the storing portion downstream in the conveying direction; a second conveying member which is provided downstream of the first conveying member in the conveying direction and conveys the sheet conveyed to the storing portion downstream in the conveying direction; and a receiving member which can be moved along the conveying direction of the sheet so that the receiving member receives the downstream end, in the conveying direction, of the sheet conveyed by the first conveying member in a first receiving position downstream of the first conveying member in the conveying direction or the downstream end in the conveying direction of the sheet conveyed by the second conveying member in a second receiving position on the downstream of the second conveying member in the conveying direction, wherein the receiving member has a holding member which nips a sheet bundle and functions as a bundle conveying portion by moving in the conveying direction of the sheet in a state that the sheet bundle is nipped by the holding member.