Patent ID: 8953230
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: B65H,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading apparatus, comprising: an image reading portion configured to read an image formed on a sheet; a stacking portion configured to stack the sheet from which the image is to be read by the image reading portion; a first restricting portion disposed in the stacking portion and configured to restrict a first end in a widthwise direction orthogonal to a sheet feeding direction of all sheets having different sizes and mixedly stacked on the stacking portion; a second restricting portion disposed to face the first restricting portion and configured to restrict a second end in the widthwise direction of a sheet having a widest width among the sheets mixedly stacked on the stacking portion; a separating and feeding portion configured to feed the sheets stacked on the stacking portion one by one to a sheet conveying path; a skew correcting portion provided on a downstream of the separating and feeding portion in the sheet feeding direction and configured such that a downstream end in the sheet feeding direction of the sheet abuts to correct a skew of the sheet, and to feed the sheet whose skew has been corrected to the image reading portion; and a sheet conveying portion provided upstream of the skew correcting portion in the sheet feeding direction and configured to convey the sheet such that the downstream end of the sheet abuts against the skew correcting portion, the sheet conveying portion being disposed such that a center of conveyance of the sheet conveying portion is located on a side of the first restricting portion from a widthwise center of the sheet conveying path.