Patent ID: 8215638

Claim:
A sheet conveyance apparatus comprising: a guide unit held in contact with a side end portion of a conveyed sheet to guide the side end portion of the sheet; a first roller pair arranged on a downstream side of the guide unit, including a driven roller held in contact with a whole sheet in a sheet width direction, and adapted to convey the sheet while pinching the same; and a second roller pair having a conveyance roller arranged on the downstream side of the driven roller and adapted to convey the sheet, and a plurality of pinch rollers pinching the sheet in cooperation with the conveyance roller, wherein each of the plurality of pinch rollers applies to the sheet a conveyance force inclined toward a conveyance path side end which is nearer to the pinch roller, and wherein the smaller the distance between the pinch roller and the conveyance path side end, the greater the inclination of the conveyance force thereof.