Patent ID: 7735826

Claim:
A sheet conveying device comprising: a pair of registration rollers for correcting an oblique conveyance of a sheet by making contact with the sheet, and conveying the sheet to a position where a photoconductive drum and a transferring roller are arranged in accordance with the timing of an image formation; a pair of conveying rollers mounted upstream of the registration rollers in a sheet conveyance direction for conveying the sheet along a sheet conveyance passage from a sheet supplying device to the registration rollers; a conveyance frame defining a bottom surface of the sheet conveyance passage, the conveyance frame having opposite upstream and downstream ends; a frame member connected to the upstream end of the conveyance frame; and a guide member provided between the registration rollers and the conveying rollers the guide member being pivotably supported, about a pivotal axis in a fixed upstream position relative to the sheet conveyance passage between the registration rollers and the conveying rollers and in a downstream end portion of the frame member, the guide member further having a free end in a downstream position of the sheet conveyance passage between the registration rollers and the conveying rollers, the free end of the guide member being selectively pivotable around the pivotal axis between a first position where at least the free end defines a part of the sheet conveyance passage and a second position where the guide member opens an upper portion of the sheet conveyance passage, the guide member having a tab portion spaced from the pivotal axis and the free end and the tab portion being upstream of the free end of the guide member, and the tab portion being operable to be pressed to thereby change the guide member from the first position to the second position.