To provide a sheet material conveying device capable of smoothly collecting and eliminating foreign materials.

This sheet material conveying device having a conveying means 21 for conveying a sheet material as a recording medium by pinching it comprises a foreign material eliminating means 40 for eliminating a foreign material transferred from the sheet material to the conveying means 21, and has a foreign material collecting section 41 for collecting the foreign material eliminated by the foreign material eliminating means 40 near the conveying means 21 which requires to eliminate foreign materials, and the foreign material collecting section 41 includes a bent part 40a.