SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

A sheet conveying apparatus including: a locking member having an abutment surface abutting a sheet to correct skew feed of the sheet; a holding member configured to hold the locking member to rotate from a waiting position when the locking member is pushed by the sheet; a roller pair configured to nip the sheet abutting the abutment surface; a first urging portion configured to urge the holding member to the waiting position; a movable support portion configured to support the locking member in a manner that the locking member is located a retracted position where the locking member contacts a surface of the sheet and allows the sheet to pass; and a second urging portion configured to urge the locking member to a position where the abutment surface abuts a succeeding sheet.

主权项

1. A sheet conveying apparatus, comprising:
a sheet conveying path through which a sheet is conveyed; a locking member having an abutment surface against which a leading edge of the sheet conveyed through the sheet conveying path abuts so that a skew feed of the sheet is corrected; a holding member configured to hold the locking member, the holding member being rotated integrally with the locking member from a waiting position when the locking member is pushed by the leading edge of the sheet being conveyed; a roller pair configured to nip the sheet of which the leading edge is in abutment against the abutment surface of the locking member; a first urging portion configured to urge the holding member so as to move the holding member to the waiting position after the sheet is nipped between the roller pair; a movable support portion configured to support the locking member in a manner that the locking member is movable with respect to the holding member so that the locking member is located in a retracted position in which the locking member is brought into contact with a surface of the sheet being conveyed by the roller pair and allows the sheet to pass in a state in which the holding member is located in the waiting position; and a second urging portion configured to urge the locking member in a manner that the locking member is moved from the retracted position to a position in which the abutment surface abuts against a leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a trailing edge of the sheet being conveyed by the roller pair passes the locking member.