Patent ID: 8626004
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A detecting apparatus comprising: a transmission member that is provided facing a conveying path on which a medium is conveyed and that transmits light from the medium being conveyed on the conveying path; a detecting section that detects the medium or an image on the medium from the light which is transmitted through the transmission member, wherein the light is received by a light-receiving member of the detection section; an opposing member that is provided on an opposite side of the conveying path from the transmission member and has at least an opposing surface that faces the transmission member; and a guide member that is provided at a downstream side of the opposing member in the conveying direction, and guides the medium downstream in the conveying path, wherein the opposing surface is closer to the detecting section at a downstream side than at an upstream side thereof in the conveying direction.