Patent ID: 7231171
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image copying apparatus comprising: a document drawing-in port for drawing in a document before a reading operation; a document discharging port located above or below the document drawing-in port for discharging the document after the reading operation; a document feeding path extending from the document drawing-in port to the document discharging port; an image reading section provided in a midway section of the document feeding path; first and second trays movable upward and downward within a range covering a document feeding position where the document is fed to the document drawing-in port, a document receiving position where the document is received from the document discharging port, and a bottom region located further lower than the lower of these positions; a first tray-controlling section for the time a document is to be placed on one of the first or second trays, which moves at least one of the first and the second trays to a position within the bottom region; and a second tray-controlling section for the time the reading operation starts, which moves either one of the first and the second tray on which the document is placed to the document feeding position and moves the other tray to the document receiving position.