DOCUMENT READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: KURODA KENJI, OGASAWARA HIRONORI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 06.06.2019
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; CINEMATOGRAPHY; CONVEYING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; HOLOGRAPHY; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; STORING; TRANSPORTING

To provide a document reading device that can guide a document to a downstream-side conveying unit without increasing the size of the device.SOLUTION: In a document reading device comprising a document reading unit and a document conveying unit, a contact glass 106 is provided on an upper side of the document reading unit in a document reading area, and a Mylar 115 is provided on the downstream side in a document conveyance direction of the contact glass 106. A document passing through the document reading area (top face of contact glass 106) comes into contact with the Mylar 115, and is thereby directed to be conveyed in an upward direction and guided to a downstream-side conveyance path 114. When the leading end of the document collides with the Mylar 115, the Mylar 115 absorbs the impact.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】装置を大型化することなく、原稿を下流側原稿搬送部に案内することのできる原稿読取装置を提供する。【解決手段】原稿読取部と原稿搬送部とを備える原稿読取装置であって、原稿読取領域において原稿読取部の上側にコンタクトガラス１０６が設けられ、コンタクトガラス１０６の原稿搬送方向下流側にはマイラー１１５が設けられている。原稿読取領域（コンタクトガラス１０６の上面）を通過した原稿は、マイラー１１５に当接することによって搬送方向を上方に向けられ、下流側搬送路１１４へ案内される。原稿の先端がマイラー１１５に衝突する際には、マイラー１１５が撓んでその衝撃を吸収する。【選択図】図３