Patent ID: 8699099
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A document conveying device, comprising: a conveyance guide member which is capable of being opened upward and closed with respect to a contact glass, is disposed facing the contact glass along a conveying direction of a document, and guides the document to an upper surface of the contact glass; a reading guide member which is disposed along a width direction of the document, is movably supported in an up-and-down direction with respect to the conveyance guide member, and guides the document to a position facing an image reading region in the upper surface of the contact glass; a protruding portion which protrudes outward from at least one end portion of the reading guide member in the width direction; a support portion which protrudes outward from the conveyance guide member along the width direction above the protruding portion; and elastic portions which protrude downward from the support portion and sandwich the protruding portion so that the protruding portion is movable in the up-and-down direction, each of the elastic portions having a tip end including a claw portion which engages with the protruding portion by snap-fitting so as to enable regulation of downward movement of the protruding portion, wherein: the support portion includes a guide portion formed thereon, the guide protruding downward between the elastic portions, the protruding portion has a through hole through which the guide portion passes in a slidable manner, and the document conveying device further comprises a bias member, provided between the support portion and the protruding portion, which biases the protruding portion in a direction separating from the support portion.