Patent ID: 9706068
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B65H,H04N

Claim:
1. An automatic document feeder comprising: a first unit that has a first surface that forms a document feeding path and that is provided so as to be movable, a second unit that has a second surface that together with the first surface forms the document feeding path, the second surface being capable of opposing the first surface, and protruding portions that are formed on the first unit on both sides of a width direction of a document outside of a feeding portion forming the document feeding path and that protrude toward a surface of the second unit, the surface forming the document feeding path, and a gap is formed between the first surface and the second surface by making the protruding portions come in contact with the surface of the second unit, wherein the first unit has urging members that urge the first unit in the direction of the movement, the urging members are torsion springs, the torsion springs having a winding portion that is wound around the pivot, first locking portions that lock one end of the torsion springs are provided to the protruding portions, second locking portions that lock the other end of the torsion springs are provided in the second unit.