| US 7,537,210 B2 | ||
| Sheet conveying apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image reading apparatus | ||
| Daisuke Kawaguchi, Abiko (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on May 02, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/743,358. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-147174 (JP), filed on May 26, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0273090 A1, Nov. 29, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65H 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 271—226 [271/227; 271/228] | 11 Claims |
| 1. A sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a sheet which is conveyed by using a center in a lateral direction of a conveying
path as a reference, comprising:
a skew correcting unit which corrects a skew of the sheet by rotating and conveying the sheet;
a conveying guiding portion which is provided on an upstream in a sheet conveying direction of the skew correcting unit and
guides the sheet to the skew correcting unit, and the conveying guiding portion is constructed by an upper conveying guiding
member which guides an upper surface of the sheet and a lower conveying guiding member which is arranged along the upper conveying
guiding member and guides a lower surface of the sheet; and
a projecting portion provided in a center portion in a lateral direction of at least one of the upper conveying guiding member
and the lower conveying guiding member, which comes into sliding contact with the sheet which is rotated by the skew correcting
unit so as to correct the skew,
wherein the projecting portion is formed in the center portion in the lateral direction in a sheet guiding surface of at least
one of the upper conveying guiding member and the lower conveying guiding member, by denting both sides of the center portion
in the lateral direction so that the both sides are lower than the sheet guiding surface.
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