Patent ID: 8264754
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A document feeding device, comprising: an original document tray on which an original document is loaded; a discharge tray to which the original document is discharged; a conveyance path for conveying an original document on the original document tray to the discharge tray via an original document reading position; a housing that covers the conveyance path, the housing including a housing main body and a conveyance guide that constitutes an upper surface of the conveyance path, the conveyance guide being supported rotatably with respect to the housing main body by a rotational fulcrum provided at a side end of the housing main body so that the conveyance guide can be opened and closed with respect to the housing main body; a detection unit which is disposed in the conveyance path and detects a jam of the original document in the conveyance path; and an illumination device disposed in proximity to the rotational fulcrum and illuminating the conveyance path at a position covered by the conveyance guide in a state visible from the exterior when the detection unit has detected a jam of the original document.