Patent ID: 7212321
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: B65H,G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An automatic document feed device for reading one side of a document to be conveyed, reversing and re-feeding said document onto a platen, and reading the other side of said document at a reading position on said platen, comprising: a feed tray for setting said document; a separating means for separating and feeding said document one by one set on said feed tray; a feed path for guiding said document fed by said separating means to read one side of said document on said platen; a re-feed path for guiding said document one side of which is read to re-feed said document onto said platen; and two resist rollers for adjusting an edge of said document which is guided along said feed path to read one side of said document and also for adjusting said edge of said document which is guided along said re-feed path to read the other side of said document, wherein said two resist rollers are positioned near the downstream of said separating means and at a junction point of said feed path and said re-feed path, wherein said two resist rollers are in contact with each other.