SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

A sheet conveying apparatus installed in an image forming apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a first guide member provided to a rear cover and configured to guide a sheet along a conveying path, a second guide member provided to the rear cover and configured to be movable between a first position where the sheet is guided to a nip of intermediate discharging rollers and a second position farther from the nip in a sheet conveying direction than the first position, and a movement mechanism configured to move the second member. When the rear cover is moved from a closed position toward an opened position, the movement mechanism moves the second guide member from the first position to the second position.