Patent ID: 8061712

Claim:
A sheet conveying apparatus, comprising: a first sheet conveying path; a second sheet conveying path branched from the first sheet conveying path; a switching member which moves between a first position to guide a sheet to the first sheet conveying path and a second position to guide the sheet to the second sheet conveying path in a branch portion of the first sheet conveying path and the second sheet conveying path; a first regulation member which regulates the switching member at the second position to form a gap through which the sheet can pass to the second sheet conveying path; and a second regulation member which regulates the switching member in a direction from the first position to the second position so as to prevent the switching member at the second position from deforming by the second regulation member being abutted against the switching member, and when the switching member abuts against the second regulation member, the gap formed by the first regulation member is secured, wherein the switching member comprises an elastic member, provided integrally therewith, which absorbs a shock, and the elastic member is abutted against a part of the apparatus before the switching member is abutted against the first regulation member.