Patent ID: 7210678

Claim:
A sheet conveying device, for use in an image forming apparatus, that holds a sheet and conveys the sheet to a recording unit, comprising: a pair of rollers that includes a feed roller driven by a drive source and a pinch roller pressed against the feed roller; an elastic ring that is fitted over at least one of the feed roller and the pinch roller, in a width direction, on an outer surface thereof; a guide film that guides the sheet, the guide film extending from an upstream of the pair of rollers in a sheet conveying direction toward a nip portion between the pinch roller and the feed roller, without contacting the elastic ring fitted over the at least one of the pair of rollers; and wherein the at least one of the feed roller and the pinch roller over which the elastic ring is fitted, has, at least at an end thereof, a tapered surface that is gradually narrowed down toward an axial direction.