Patent ID: 8941877
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image scanning device comprising: a housing; a scanning unit disposed inside the housing and configured to scan, at a scanning position, an image of a sheet; a conveying mechanism disposed inside the housing and configured to convey the sheet along a common path to the scanning position in a first direction, and to convey the sheet having passed the scanning position selectively along a return path in a second direction and along a one-way path in the first direction, the conveying mechanism comprising a path switching member configured to move between a first position in which the path switching member guides, along the one-way path, a document having passed the scanning position, and a second position in which the path switching member guides, along the return path, the document having passed the scanning position; a discharge cover openably and closably disposed in the housing and configured, when open relative to the housing, to uncover a discharge port and receive the sheet conveyed along the one-way path and discharged through the discharge port; and a maintenance cover openably and closably disposed in the housing and configured, when open relative to the housing, to expose the return path and the one-way path, which extends from the path switching member to the discharge port.