Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a pair of conveying members for nipping and conveying a sheet on which an image is to be formed;
• an image bearing member for bearing the image to be formed on the sheet;
• transferring means which is brought into contact with said image bearing member and transfers a toner image on said image bearing member to said sheet;
• guide means for guiding the sheet conveyed by said pair of conveying members to a transfer nip between said image bearing member and said transferring means;
• and
• a conveyance regulating member which regulates a conveying direction of the sheet conveyed from a conveying nip of said pair of conveying members,
• wherein a straight line passing the conveying nip of said pair of conveying members and a contact point between the sheet and said conveyance regulating member intersects with said guide means.

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• conveying means for nipping and conveying a sheet;
• an image bearing member for bearing an image to be formed on the sheet;
• transferring means which nips the sheet in cooperation with said image bearing member and transfers a toner image on said image bearing member to the sheet;
• a guide member which comes into contact with a surface of the sheet on which the image is to be formed and guides the sheet to said image bearing member;
• and
• a conveyance regulating member which guides the sheet so as to be brought into contact with said guide member,
• wherein said guide member guides the sheet so that the sheet is brought into contact with said image bearing member on an upstream side of a position in which the sheet is nipped by said transferring means.