Abstract: A paper sheet material conveying device has a feed roller assembly and a temporary hampering assembly disposed downstream thereof. The sheet material conveying device includes a driven shaft to be rotated by a driving source and a driven roller mounted thereon. The driven roller has an inside diameter larger than the outside diameter of the driven shaft and is mounted rotatably on the driven shaft. When the forward movement of the sheet material fed by the feed roller assembly is hampered by the temporary hampering assembly, the rotation of the driven roller is stopped by the resistance of the sheet material exerted on the driven roller in spite of the rotation of the driven shaft.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is so arranged as to form an image of an original document on a photosensitive member by accommodating the plate-like photosensitive member of a rectangular or square configuration placed on an exposure section base in a housing of the image forming apparatus. The exposure section base is disengageable from the housing in a horizontal direction and has a plurality of suction holes in a region on which the photosensitive member is placed. A switch detects when the exposure section base is inserted into the housing to reach a predetermined position, and a suction device then sucks air through the suction holes.