Patent ID: 8322716

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a chute, including: an upstream edge; and a downstream edge which is opposite the upstream edge with respect to the sheet conveyance direction; and a roller, wherein the upstream edge includes a most upstream edge of the chute and the downstream edge includes a most downstream edge of the chute, wherein the chute is provided in a middle of a conveyance path for conveying a sheet and which is formed so that a width of the chute crossing a sheet conveyance direction is tapered along the downstream edge, wherein the roller which is provided at a most downstream portion of the downstream edge of the chute with respect to the sheet conveyance direction, so that the roller conveys the sheet from the chute to the conveyance path, and wherein the chute is inclined with respect to the sheet conveyance direction, and the incline is curved such that the incline is not constant throughout the chute along the sheet conveyance direction.