Patent ID: 7810805

Claim:
A sheet discharging apparatus, comprising: a sheet discharge portion which discharges a sheet; a sheet stacking portion on which the sheet discharged from the sheet discharge portion is stacked; a tailing end regulating portion which has a tailing end regulating surface, the tailing end regulating surface regulating an upstream end position in a sheet discharge direction of the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking portion; a pressing member which has pressing portions, the pressing portions pressing the discharged sheet; and a projection which is projected from the tailing end regulating surface toward a downstream side in the sheet discharge direction, the projection being provided between the pressing portions such that an upper surface of the projection locates above a lowest end position of the pressing portion, wherein when an end portion, on the upstream side in the sheet discharge direction, of the sheet discharged to the sheet stacking portion is supported by the projection, the pressing portions of the pressing member press down the sheet on the both sides of the projection.