Patent ID: 7556255
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: B41J,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a recording medium stacking portion for stacking recording medium, said recording medium stacking portion being rotatable with respect to a base member; a document stacking portion provided rotatable with respect to said recording medium stacking portion to stack documents, said document stacking portion being rotatable in synchronism with the rotation of said recording medium stacking portion; a feeding roller for feeding the documents stacked on said document stacking portion or the recording medium stacked on said recording medium stacking portion; an image reading portion for reading an image of the document; a document guide provided rotatable with respect to said document stacking portion downstream of said document stacking portion in a conveying direction of the documents and located between the documents stacked on said document stacking portion and the recording medium stacked on said recording medium stacking portion, said document guide being located at a position where said document guide is not in contact with said feeding roller in a widthwise direction of said document; and a regulation portion provided on said base member to regulate the rotation of said document guide, wherein said regulation portion is in contact with a side opposite to a surface with which the document of said document guide is in contact so that the document guide maintains a predetermined distance from the recording medium stacking portion.