Patent ID: 8342519

Claim:
A sheet conveying device comprising: a conveying section that conveys a sheet; a blocking member that rotates in a predetermined rotating direction and has a blocking surface with which a leading end of the sheet that is being conveyed by the conveying section comes into contact for obliquity correction; and a positioning unit that positions the blocking member to be in a standby position and includes a spring which applies a force to the blocking member, wherein the blocking member is rotated in the predetermined rotating direction from the standby position by being pushed by the sheet that is being conveyed by the conveying section against the force applied by the spring of the positioning unit, and the blocking member is rotatable to be in a sheet-passage-allowing orientation in which the sheet is allowed to pass, and, when a trailing end of the sheet that is being conveyed passes the blocking member, the blocking member rotates from the sheet-passage-allowing orientation in the predetermined rotating direction to the standby position by the force applied by the spring of the positioning unit.