Patent ID: 7866654

Claim:
A sheet conveying apparatus comprising: a first storing unit in which a sheet bundle is to be stacked; a second storing unit that is provided near the first storing unit and in which the sheet bundle is stacked; a transfer tray that is provided in the second storing unit and transfers the sheet bundle from the second storing unit to the first storing unit; a stopper that regulates, when the transfer tray transfers the stacked sheet bundle from the second storing unit to the first storing unit and moves from the first storing unit to the second storing unit, movement of the sheet bundle on the transfer tray; rollers that are provided for movement with the transfer tray and guided by the first and second storing units as the transfer tray moves from the second storing unit to the first storing unit and then from the first storing unit to the second storing unit to transfer the stacked sheet bundle from the second storing unit to the first storing unit; a guide member that moves to a position between the first storing unit and the second storing unit where the guide member does not impede the transfer of the sheet bundle in a transfer direction of the transfer tray; and a trailing end guide member that is provided in the transfer tray and comes into contact with a trailing end of the sheet bundle in the transfer direction of the transfer tray, wherein, when a distance in the transfer direction of the transfer tray between the trailing end guide member of the transfer tray and the guide member is represented as L 1 and a distance in the transfer direction of the transfer tray from the stopper to a surface in contact with a side of the sheet bundle in the first storing unit is represented as L 2 , a relation L 1 <L 2 is satisfied.