Patent ID: 7992858

Claim:
A sheet conveying apparatus, comprising: a first conveying unit which conveys a sheet in a first sheet conveying direction; and a second conveying unit arranged on a downstream side of the first conveying unit in the first sheet conveying direction and which conveys the sheet conveyed by the first conveying unit in a second sheet conveying direction different from the first sheet conveying direction, wherein: among the first conveying unit and the second conveying unit, at least the second conveying unit acts as a holding and conveying unit with a holding section to hold and convey the sheet and includes a moving and guiding unit which is positioned along an outer side of a sheet conveying path extending between the first conveying unit and the second conveying unit, the moving and guiding unit moves and guides the sheet toward the holding section of the second conveying unit, the moving and guiding unit is arranged so that a leading edge of the sheet approaches a conveying surface of the moving and guiding unit at an acute collision angle θ, the moving and guiding unit includes at least one belt conveying unit having a plurality of belts so as to convey the sheet toward the holding section of the second conveying unit, the holding section of the second conveying unit is provided on a downstream side of the conveying surface of the moving and guiding unit, and the plurality of belts are arranged along the sheet width direction so as to contact at least one part of the sheet in the sheet width direction.