Patent ID: 8824027
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A media feeder equipped in an image scanning apparatus that includes a scan unit configured to scan an image on a medium, comprising: a first stacker on which a medium is to be placed; a feeding unit configured to feed the medium that is placed on the first stacker into the media feeder; a first conveyance path extending from the feeding unit to a scanning position opposite to the scan unit; a second stacker on which the medium that is scanned by the scan unit and discharged out of the media feeder is to be placed; a first reverse mechanism configured to turn over the medium conveyed toward the scanning position along the first conveyance path and return the turned-over medium to the first conveyance path; a second reverse mechanism configured to turn over again the medium that is scanned by the scan unit and return the medium to the first conveyance path again, wherein the first reverse mechanism includes: