Patent ID: 9426325
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: B65H,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A document reading device, comprising: a sheet supply tray on which a document is placed; a sheet discharge tray housing the document thereon; a U-shaped document conveying path extending from the sheet supply tray to the sheet discharge tray; a reading carriage arranged inside the U-shaped document conveying path and reading the document conveyed along the U-shaped document conveying path; a mounting portion having a mounting surface and arranged on each end portion of the reading carriage perpendicular to a document conveying direction; a pair of support frames arranged at two sides of the reading carriage in a document width direction; a support portion having a support surface and arranged on each of the pair of support frames and abutted against the mounting portion to support the reading carriage; an elastic member arranged to overlap with a rear surface of the mounting portion opposite to the mounting surface thereof abutting against the support portion; and a retaining member sandwiching the mounting portion and the elastic member with the support portion of the support frame to retain the mounting portion and the elastic member therebetween, wherein one of the support surface of the support portion abutted against the mounting portion and the mounting surface of the mounting portion abutting against the support surface of the support portion has a curved surface, and the U-shaped document conveying path includes a sheet supply path through which the document is supplied from the sheet supply tray, and the retaining member is a guide member forming the sheet supply path.