To provide a sheet carrying mechanism for excellently loading a sheet without rounding the sheet material on a delivery tray at delivery time.

This sheet carrying mechanism is composed of delivery rollers (rubber rollers) 433 (433a to 433e) divided into a plurality in the axial direction of a delivery roller shaft (a shaft) 435 rotating by imparting rotational driving force, and rotating together with the delivery roller shaft 435, and a plurality of cylindrical delivery rollers (rollers) 434 (434a to 434e) for rotating by being driven by being brought into pressure contact with the respective delivery rollers 433 (433a to 433e). The rotational axis of the delivery rollers 434a and 434e is inclined in the thickness direction of recording paper (a sheet) P.