Patent ID: 9067748
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: B65H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A document feeder provided on an image reader having a reading device that reads an image of a document of a plurality of documents at a reading position, the document being conveyed in a predetermined conveying direction, the document feeder comprising: a document transporting pathway through which the document can pass from a feeding tray to a discharging tray; an input device that feeds the documents, one by one, into the document transporting pathway, a discharge device that discharges the documents from the document transporting pathway, a pair of rollers that includes a transporting roller and a following roller; a movable frame that is disposed on a body side of the document feeder; wherein the following roller is arranged upstream from the reading position with respect to the predetermined conveying direction, and the following roller is provided to the movable frame that is urged by a spring member such that the following roller is pressed against the transporting roller, the document transporting pathway is substantially U-shaped and includes: the transporting roller is a reverse roller that transports the document from the first path to the second path, and the following roller is disposed between the reverse roller and the input device.