Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus

A sheet conveying apparatus comprising:

• a conveying unit configured to nip a sheet in a nip portion and to convey the sheet;
• a shutter unit rotatably provided and having an abutting portion against which a leading end of the sheet conveyed toward the nip portion abuts at a waiting position, wherein the shutter is rotated in a predetermined rotation direction by being pushed by the leading end of the conveyed sheet to correct a skew of the sheet;
• a rotation transmitting unit configured to transmit a rotational driving force to the shutter unit to rotate the shutter unit in the predetermined rotation direction after the shutter unit rotates until the sheet is nipped in the nip portion with the abutting portion pushed by the leading end of the sheet;
• and
• an urging unit configured to apply an urging force to the shutter unit, wherein after the shutter unit is rotated by the rotational driving force of the rotation transmitting unit, the urging unit applies the urging force to the shutter unit so that the shutter unit comes into contact with a surface of the sheet, thereafter the shutter unit is returned to the waiting position along with the passage of a rear end of the sheet through the shutter unit.