Sheet Conveying Apparatus

A sheet conveying apparatus configured to convey a sheet, comprising:

• a first roller configured to convey a sheet in a sheet conveying direction while rotating in contact with the sheet;
• a first guide configured to guide the sheet conveyed by the first roller in the sheet conveying direction, the first guide including a first guide surface (9A) and a first edge portion (9B);
• a second guide disposed downstream of the first guide in the sheet conveying direction and configured to guide the sheet guided by the first guide in the sheet conveying direction, the second guide including a second guide surface and a second edge portion, the second guide being spaced apart from the first guide by a gap defined between the first edge portion of the first guide and the second edge portion of the second guide;
• a second roller disposed downstream of the first roller in the sheet conveying direction and above the first roller in a vertical direction, the second roller being configured to convey the sheet in the sheet conveying direction while rotating in contact with the sheet;
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• a third roller facing the second roller and disposed at a position more proximate to the second guide surface than the second roller, the second roller and the third roller being configured to convey the sheet by nipping the sheet therebetween,
• wherein a first imaginary tangent plane, which is tangent to a first contact point at which the first roller contacts the sheet, intersects a second imaginary tangent plane, which is tangent to a second contact point at which the second roller contacts the third roller, and the first imaginary tangent plane is located below the second contact point,
• wherein the first edge portion of the first guide is located toward the second roller relative to the second imaginary plane, and
• wherein the second edge portion includes a central portion in a width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction and a thickness direction of the sheet, the central portion of the second edge portion is located toward the second roller relative to a third imaginary tangent plane including the first guide surface.