Sheet conveyance apparatus ensuring reduced damage of stopper

A sheet conveyance apparatus, comprising:

• a housing;
• a sheet loading portion arranged in the housing, a sheet being to be loaded on the sheet loading portion;
• a sheet conveyance path that extends from the sheet loading portion in the housing, the sheet being to be conveyed in a predetermined conveyance direction through the sheet conveyance path;
• a sheet feeding member arranged at an inlet side of the sheet conveyance path;
• a driving mechanism configured to rotate the sheet feeding member in a first direction and a second direction, the second direction being an opposite direction to the first direction, wherein the sheet feeding member is configured to convey the sheet in the conveyance direction by being rotated in the first direction;
• a stopper, upstream of the sheet feeding member in the conveyance direction, configured to change posture between a projection posture and an evacuation posture, the projection posture being configured to project into the sheet conveyance path so as to prevent the sheet to be loaded on the sheet loading portion from abutting on the sheet feeding member, the evacuation posture being configured to evacuate the stopper from the sheet conveyance path;
• an interlocking portion configured to fix the stopper in the projection posture or the evacuation posture in conjunction with the rotation of the sheet feeding member, the interlocking portion therein being configured to cause the stopper to take the projection posture corresponding to rotation of the sheet feeding member in the second direction, and to cause the stopper to take the evacuation posture corresponding to rotation of the sheet feeding member in the first direction;
• a cover member that supports the sheet feeding member and the stopper, the cover member being openable/closable to the housing, the cover member in an open state opens the sheet conveyance path to an outside of the housing;
• and
• an evacuation mechanism configured to, in conjunction with a change of the cover member from a closed state to the open state,
• change the stopper to have the evacuation posture, or to be in a posture changeable state where the stopper changes from the projection posture to the evacuation posture by application of external force, and
• rotate the sheet feeding member in the first direction such that the interlocking portion causes the stopper to change to have the evacuation posture or to be in the posture changeable state.