SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME

To provide a sheet conveying apparatus capable of guiding a sheet conveyed to a sheet conveying path to the vicinity of a pair of conveyance rollers while preventing the sheet conveying path in a pair of conveyance guide members from interfering with respect to the pair of conveyance rollers, and an image forming apparatus including the same.SOLUTION: The sheet conveying apparatus includes a pair of conveyance guide members forming a sheet conveying path for conveying a sheet, and a pair of conveyance rollers provided in the sheet conveying path for conveying the sheet. The pair of conveyance guide members includes a first sheet conveyance region which is a conveyance region of a sheet including portions of a pair of conveyance rollers, and a second sheet conveyance region which is a conveyance region of sheets other than portions of the pair of conveyance rollers. The interval between the pair of conveyance guide members in the second sheet conveyance region is narrower than the distance between the pair of conveyance guide members in the first sheet conveyance region.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】一対の搬送ローラに対して一対の搬送ガイド部材におけるシート搬送路が邪魔にならないようにしながらシート搬送路に搬送されるシートを一対の搬送ローラの近傍に導くことができるシート搬送装置及びそれを備えた画像形成装置を提供する。【解決手段】シート搬送装置は、シートを搬送するためのシート搬送路を形成する一対の搬送ガイド部材と、シート搬送路に設けられてシートを搬送する一対の搬送ローラと備えている。一対の搬送ガイド部材は、一対の搬送ローラの部分を含むシートの搬送領域である第１シート搬送領域と、一対の搬送ローラの部分以外のシートの搬送領域である第２シート搬送領域とを有している。第２シート搬送領域における一対の搬送ガイド部材の間隔が第１シート搬送領域における一対の搬送ガイド部材の間隔よりも狭い。【選択図】図３