Sheet conveyance apparatus

A sheet conveyance apparatus comprising:

• a lower sheet guide including a first guide surface configured to guide a surface of a sheet, the surface facing downwards;
• a discharge roller including:
• two rollers configured to convey the sheet guided by the first guide surface in a discharge direction, a part of each of the two rollers protruding above the first guide surface;
• and
• a shaft extending in a width direction perpendicular to the discharge direction, the two rollers being spaced apart from each other in the width direction and being rotated integrally with the shaft;
• a discharge tray configured to support the sheet guided by the first guide surface and discharged from the discharged roller;
• a first elastic piece located between the two rollers in the width direction and located above the shaft at a position of the shaft, the first elastic piece protruding in a first direction along the discharge direction, the first direction being perpendicular to the width direction;
• a plurality of second elastic pieces located so as to sandwich the two rollers in the width direction and located above the shaft at the position of the shaft, the second elastic pieces protruding in the first direction;
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• a plurality of third elastic pieces located so as to sandwich the two rollers in the width direction and located downstream of the second elastic pieces in the discharge direction, the third elastic pieces protruding in a second direction from a position above the first elastic piece and the second elastic pieces, the second direction being perpendicular to the width direction and inclined downwards toward the discharge direction,
• wherein surfaces of the first elastic piece and the second elastic pieces are contact surfaces configured to contact the sheet guided by the first guide surface, the surfaces facing downwards,
• in a state where the contact surfaces are not in contact with the sheet guided by the first guide surface, portions of the respective contact surfaces are located below upper ends of outer circumferential surfaces of the respective two rollers, the portions being located directly above the shaft, and
• downstream ends of the third elastic pieces in the second direction are located downstream in the discharge direction of and located below a downstream end of the first elastic piece in the first direction and downstream ends of the second elastic pieces in the first direction.