Sheet conveying apparatus

摘要

A sheet conveying apparatus includes an intermediate plate (21b) as a sheet receiving member configured to stack a sheet, a feed roller (22) as a feed rotator configured to feed the sheet stacked on the intermediate plate (21b), and a separation roller (23) as a separation member configured to separate the sheet from a sheet bundle stacked on the intermediate plate (21b). The sheet conveying apparatus further includes a restrict member (60) as a restrict portion disposed so as to reach a position overlapped in a width direction orthogonal to a sheet conveying direction with the feed roller (22) as at least one member among the feed roller (22) and the separation roller (23) and offset in the width direction from the feed roller (22), and restricting a leading end position of the sheet stacked on the intermediate plate (21b). This arrangement enables to improve sheet conveying performance because the restrict member (60) can restrict the leading end position of the sheet stacked on the intermediate plate (21b).

主权项

1. A sheet conveying apparatus, comprising:
a sheet receiving member on which a sheet is stacked; a feed rotator configured to feed the sheet stacked on the sheet receiving member; a separation member configured to separate the sheet from a sheet bundle stacked on the sheet receiving member; a restrict portion disposed so as to reach a position where the restrict portion is overlapped in a width direction orthogonal to a sheet conveying direction of the feed rotator with at least one member among the feed rotator and the separation member and where the restrict portion is offset in the width direction from the one member, and restricting a leading end position of the sheet stacked on the sheet receiving member; a moving portion that moves the sheet receiving member between a feed position where the sheet stacked on the sheet receiving member is bought into contact with the feed rotator and a standby position distant from the feed rotator more than the feed position; and
an abut portion fixed to a case and disposed between the sheet receiving member and a nip portion formed by the feed rotator and the separation member such that a leading end of the sheet stacked on the sheet receiving member abuts against the abut portion in the standby position,wherein the separation member is a separation rotator which is disposed downstream of the sheet receiving member, in the sheet conveying direction, with a gap formed between the separation rotator and the sheet receiving member and is configured to come into contact and to form the nip portion with the feed rotator and to move the sheet in a direction opposite from the sheet conveying direction to separate the sheet one by one from the sheet bundle on the sheet receiving member, andwherein the restrict portion includes a restrict member disposed from the abut portion so as to reach a position where the restrict member is overlapped in the width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction and where the restrict member is offset in the width direction from the feed rotator and configured to restrict a leading end position of the sheet to be conveyed; anda project member that projects from the downstream end of the sheet receiving member, in the sheet conveying direction, to a position where the project member is overlapped in the width direction with the separation rotator and where the project member is offset in the width direction from the separation rotator and configured to restrict a leading end position of the sheet stacked on the sheet receiving member.