Patent ID: 8651478

Claim:
A sheet conveying device comprising: a first conveying unit configured to convey a sheet in a conveying direction; a conveying path bounded by an inner guide and an outer guide, configured to guide the sheet; a reversing portion of the conveying path forms a loop so as guide the sheet in a direction opposite to the conveying direction along one portion of the reversing portion of the conveying path, and to guide the sheet in the conveying direction along a second portion of the reversing portion of the conveying path; a second conveying unit configured to convey the sheet along the reversing portion of the conveying path; a rotation direction detecting unit configured to detect a rotation direction of the second conveying unit; and a control unit configured to perform control, at startup, to drive the first conveying unit in a direction that causes the sheet to be conveyed in the conveying direction without driving the second conveying unit such that the second conveying unit is rotated by the sheet being conveyed by the first conveying unit during a first step, and to drive the second conveying unit in the rotation direction that is detected by the rotation direction detecting unit during a second step after the first step.