Sheet conveyance device and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet conveyance device

Abstract

A sheet conveyance device (100) includes a conveyance roller pair (9), a conveyance member (16a), a rotator (50), and a driver (63, 64). The conveyance roller pair conveys a sheet in a sheet conveyance direction. The conveyance member is disposed upstream from the conveyance roller pair in the sheet conveyance direction and conveys the sheet to the conveyance roller pair at a given conveyance speed. The rotator is coaxial with one of the conveyance roller pair (9b) and has a contact part to which a leading end of the sheet is contactable to correct skew of the sheet. The driver rotates the rotator to cause the contact part to move at a moving speed slower than the given conveyance speed of the conveyance member while the leading end contacts the contact part and moves to the conveyance roller pair.

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