Sheet conveying apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image reading apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet;
• a first rotating member configured to rotate in one direction and convey the sheet on which an image has been formed in the image forming unit;
• a second rotating member configured to convey the sheet in a first direction together with the first rotating member according to the first rotating member rotating;
• a third rotating member that configured to convey the sheet in a second direction together with the first rotating member according to the first rotating member rotating, wherein the second direction is a direction different from the first direction;
• a switching unit configured to switch a position of the first rotating member between a first position and a second position, wherein the first position is a position in which the first rotating member coveys a sheet with the second rotating member or the third rotating member and the second position is a position to which the first rotating member is retracted from the first position;
• and
• a regulating member configured to regulate a position of the sheet,
• wherein, in a case where the first rotating member moves from the first position, the regulating member regulates the position of the sheet so that a rear end of the sheet held by the second rotating member and the third rotating member is, in a gravitational direction, positioned above a moving trajectory of the first rotating member.

An image reading apparatus comprising:

• an image reading unit configured to read an image formed on a sheet;
• a first rotating member configured to rotate in one direction and convey the sheet from which an image is to be read in the image reading unit;
• a second rotating member configured to convey the sheet in a first direction together with the first rotating member according to the first rotating member rotating;
• a third rotating member configured to convey the sheet in a second direction together with the first rotating member according to the first rotating member rotating, wherein the second direction is a direction different from the first direction;
• a switching unit configured to switch a position of the first rotating member between a first position and a second position, wherein the first position is a position in which the first rotating member coveys a sheet with the second rotating member or the third rotating member and the second position is a position to which the first rotating member is retracted from the first position;
• and
• a regulating member configured to regulate a position of the sheet,
• wherein, in a case where the first rotating member moves from the first position, the regulating member regulates the position of the sheet so that a rear end of the sheet held by the second rotating member and the third rotating member is, in a gravitational direction, positioned above a moving trajectory of the first rotating member.