Apparatus for processing sheets

A sheet processing apparatus, which is arranged in a space between an image reading section for reading an image and an image formation section for forming an image on a sheet, the image formation section being arranged under the image reading section and the space, the sheet processing apparatus collecting a sheet transported in a predetermined transport direction, comprising:

• a carry-in path adapted to guide a sheet from a carry-in entrance;
• a relay roller provided in the carry-in path to relay and capable of shifting the sheet in a direction crossing the transport direction;
• a transport path positioned on a downstream side of the relay roller and transporting the sheet from the carry-in path in a direction downstream of the transport direction;
• a collection tray collecting a sheet transported in the transport direction;
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• an alignment section positioned on the collection tray and aligning the sheet in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet transport direction,
• wherein the relay roller shifts the sheet in the direction crossing the transport direction, and a shift by the relay roller is performed by arriving at the carry-in roller or the branch roller, and
• the alignment section is located in an area overlapping with the relay roller in a height direction orthogonal to the transport direction.

A sheet processing apparatus, comprising:

• a carry-in path adapted to guide a sheet from a carry-in entrance;
• a relay roller provided in the carry-in path to relay and capable of shifting the sheet in a direction crossing the transport direction;
• a transport path arranged substantially in a horizontal direction, positioned on a downstream side of the relay roller, and transporting the sheet from the carry-in path in a direction downstream of the transport direction;
• a collection tray collecting a sheet transported in the transport direction;
• and
• an alignment section positioned on the collection tray and aligning the sheet in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet transport direction,
• wherein the relay roller shifts the sheet in the direction crossing the transport direction, and a shift by the relay roller is performed by arriving at the carry-in roller or the branch roller, and
• the alignment section is located in an area overlapping with the relay roller in a height direction orthogonal to the transport direction.