Patent ID: 7441774

Claim:
A sheet conveying apparatus comprising: a conveyor device that conveys sheets; a stacking device in which the sheets conveyed by said conveyor device are stacked; a discharge device that discharges a bundle of the sheets stacked in said stacking device; a first receiving device that receives a bundle of the sheets discharged by said discharge device; a second receiving device that receives a bundle of the sheets discharged by said discharge device; a determining device that determines whether there is abnormality in conveyance of sheets to said stacking device; a controller that causes the bundle of the sheets stacked in said stacking device to be discharged onto said first receiving device in a case where said determining device determines that there is no abnormality in the conveyance of sheets to said stacking device, and causes the bundle of the sheets stacked in said stacking device to be discharged onto said second receiving device in a case where said determining device determines that there is abnormality in the conveyance of sheets to said stacking device; and a stapler that staples the bundle of sheets stacked in said stacking device, wherein the bundle of the sheets stacked in said stacking device to be discharged onto said second receiving device includes both at least one sheet for which abnormality has been determined and at least one sheet for which no abnormality has been determined.