Patent ID: 8087655

Claim:
A sheet processing apparatus comprising: a storing portion which stores a conveyed sheet, the storing portion inclined so that a downstream portion is lower than an upstream portion in a conveying direction of the sheet; a processing portion which processes a bundle of the sheets stored in the storing portion at a processing position; a receiving member which receives a downstream end in the conveying direction of the sheet conveyed to the storing portion to be processed by the processing portion, the receiving member being selectively located in a first receiving position or a second receiving position, the first receiving position being set downstream of the processing position in the conveying direction, and the second receiving position being set downstream of the first receiving position in the conveying direction; a first conveying member which conveys the sheet to the receiving member, the first conveying member being provided between the processing position and the first receiving position; a second conveying member which conveys the sheet to the receiving member, the second conveying member being provided between the first receiving position and the second receiving position; and a controller which controls a position of the receiving member so that the receiving member is located in the first receiving position when the sheet, having a predetermined length in the conveying direction, is conveyed by the first conveying member, and the receiving member is located in the second receiving position when the sheet, having a longer length in the conveying direction than the predetermined length, is conveyed by the second conveying member.