Patent ID: 8540237
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: B65H,G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An auto document feeder comprising: a lead path arranged to guide a document supplied from a first side of a read position to a second side thereof so as to read a first surface of the document; a reverse path connected to the lead path and arranged to reverse the document whose image information of the first surface has been read, and to guide the document from the second side of the read position to the first side thereof so as to read a second surface of the document; and an eject path connected to the reverse path and arranged to guide the document whose image information of the second surface has been read, so as to eject the document further to the second side than the read position; wherein the reverse path includes: the first reverse path includes a first mid-reverse path, which protrudes to the second side and is arranged further to the second side than the read position; and the second reverse path includes a second mid-reverse path, which protrudes to the second side beyond the first mid-reverse path and is arranged further to the second side than the read position.