Patent ID: 8684350

Claim:
A sheet adjusting device, comprising: a sheet setting plate to set a sheet thereon; a first regulating member disposed on the sheet setting plate along the sheet setting plate, the first regulating member configured to move in an orthogonal direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the sheet, the first regulating member configured to regulate a first end of the sheet set on the sheet setting plate in the orthogonal direction to adjust a position of the first end of the sheet in the orthogonal direction; a second regulating member disposed facing the first regulating member, the second regulating member configured to regulate a second end of the sheet in the orthogonal direction to adjust a position of the second end of the sheet in the orthogonal direction; a drive transmission mechanism configured to transmit a driving power generated by a driving power source to at least the first regulating member to move the first regulating member in the orthogonal direction; a stopping unit configured to stop the first regulating member that is moving on the sheet setting plate toward the sheet when either a load exceeding a threshold is applied to either the driving power source or the drive transmission mechanism or when a pressure exceeding the threshold is applied to at least one of the first regulating member and the second regulating member; and a pressure detecting unit configured to detect pressure on at least one of the first regulating member and the second regulating member, the stopping unit configured to cause the driving power source to stop driving when detection results obtained by the pressure detecting unit exceed the threshold, wherein the pressure detecting unit includes a first pressure detector to detect pressure on the first regulating member and a second pressure detector to detect pressure on the second regulating member, the stopping unit causing the driving power source to stop driving when both detection results obtained by the first pressure detector and by the second pressure detector exceed the threshold.