Patent ID: 8786919
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image scanning apparatus comprising: a feeding unit configured to feed at least one document sheet in a feeding direction along a feeding path, the feeding path includes a curved path formed to change the feeding direction with respect to the image scanning apparatus; and a scanning unit configured to scan an image of the document sheet fed by the feeding unit along the feeding path; and wherein the feeding unit comprises: wherein a length of the feeding path from a downstream side end of the scanning unit in the feeding direction to a position of the discharge unit is shorter than a length of the feeding path from a position of the separation unit to the downstream side end of the scanning unit, wherein the curved path is disposed only on the downstream side of the scanning unit in the feeding direction, wherein the scanning unit comprises: wherein one of the first image sensor and the second image sensor is disposed to overlap the main roller when viewed from a direction in which the document sheet is conveyed over the first and second image sensors.