Patent ID: 6926267

Claim:
A sheet transport apparatus for transporting a sheet, comprising: a sheet feed stacker for stacking the sheet, first sheet control means disposed on the sheet feed stacker and movable in a width direction of the sheet for abutting against at least one edge of the sheet stacked on the sheet feed stacker to control the width direction of the sheet, discharge means disposed adjacent to the sheet feed stacker for discharging the sheet transported from the sheet feed stacker and processed at a predetermined processing unit, a discharge stacker disposed adjacent to the discharge means and arranged to overlap with the sheet feed stacker for stacking the sheet discharged from the discharge means, and second sheet control means disposed on the discharge stacker and movable along with the first sheet control means for abutting against at least one edge of the sheet discharged to the discharge stacker to control the width direction of the sheet, said second sheet control means having a contact member rotatable between a first position for contacting the at least one edge of the sheet to control the sheet and a second position away from the sheet for allowing the sheet to be taken out from the discharge stacker.