Patent ID: 7150455

Claim:
A sheet conveying device comprising: a conveying path for supply which can convey a plurality of sheets while switching to one of a high-speed conveying speed and a low-speed conveying speed in a specific section; a leading end portion detecting sensor disposed on the conveying path for supply; a trailing end portion detecting sensor disposed on the conveying path for supply at a conveying direction downstream side of the leading end portion detecting sensor; a control device which effects control so as to convey a subsequent sheet, which stands-by at a predetermined position, at the high-speed conveying speed under the condition that the trailing end portion detecting sensor has detected a trailing end of a preceding sheet which is conveyed at a low speed, and so as to decelerate and switch to the low speed conveying speed at a fixed time under the condition that the leading end portion detecting sensor has detected a leading end of the subsequent sheet; and a switch-back standby section disposed at a conveying direction upstream side of the conveying path for supply, and conveying a sheet, which has been conveyed in, into a conveying path set between a pair of guide members by rollers for leading end standby which are controlled to be driven to rotate by the control device, and causing the sheet to standby in a state in which one end portion of the sheet is nipped by the rollers for leading end standby, and due to the control device effecting control so as to reversely rotate the rollers for leading end standby at a necessary time, the switch-back standby section conveys the sheet out onto the conveying path for supply.