Document feeding, image reading, and image forming apparatus including slidable document supports with one constituting part of an upper surface of the apparatus

• Main Authors: Yasuda, Yuya, Tachibana, Takuma, Urita, Akira, Ono, Takahiro, Matsumoto, Akira, Nakamura, Takatsugu, Hashimoto, Yu, Fukushima, Takayuki, Hishinuma, Norikazu, Mitamura, Akiyuki, Matsuo, Kazuki
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.12.2023
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

A document supporting portion includes a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion. The first supporting portion has a first supporting surface that supports a document. The second supporting portion has a second supporting surface that supports the document together with the first supporting surface and provided so as to be slidable between a first position at which the second supporting portion located above the first supporting portion and a second position at which the second supporting surface supports the document together with the first supporting surface. In a state where the second supporting portion is located at the first position, the second supporting surface constitutes a portion of an upper surface of the document feeding apparatus.