Disclosed is a sheet discharging apparatus in which an apparatus main body
portion is provided with plural discharging rollers for discharging
sheets by rotation, and a shaft coaxially fixed to the discharging
rollers. The shaft has an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter
of the discharging roller. At the discharging roller side of the shaft is
provided a small-diameter portion, with the outer diameter of the
small-diameter portion smaller than the outer diameter of another
portion. A projection projects from a portion of the apparatus main body
portion, a tip end of the projection being disposed in a step between the
small-diameter portion and the other portion of the shaft. Also disclosed
is an image forming apparatus having the sheet discharging apparatus, in
which an image is formed on a sheet, and the sheet on which the image is
formed is discharged by the sheet discharging apparatus.