Patent ID: 8083223

Claim:
A sheet conveying apparatus comprising: a tray provided in a sheet storage portion so as to be lifted and lowered; a sheet conveying portion which conveys the uppermost one of sheets supported on the tray at a predetermined conveying height position; a regulation portion which is provided in the sheet storage portion and regulates the position of the sheet supported on the tray; a separation portion which is supported by the regulation portion so as to be slidable in up and down directions and which presses from above the upper surface of the uppermost sheet stacked on the tray to separate the sheets; and a tabbed sheet regulation unit which is detachably attached to the separation portion and which has a tab portion regulation portion which is abutted on a tab portion of a tabbed sheet to regulate the position of the tabbed sheet when the tabbed sheet is stacked on the tray, wherein the tab portion regulation portion is movably provided in the tabbed sheet regulation unit so as to be moved when the tray is lifted and abutted against the tab portion regulation portion.