Patent ID: 9197776
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading device comprising: a document conveying part; a first contact glass on which a document is conveyed from the document conveying part; a second contact glass provided separately from the first contact glass and on which the document is placed; a document separation member provided between the first contact glass and the second contact glass, and separating the document, which has been conveyed to the first contact glass from the document conveying part, from the first contact glass, a rear surface of the document separation member and a rear surface of the first contact glass being positioned on approximately the same plane; a reading unit provided on rear-surface sides of the first contact glass and the second contact glass so as to be movable in a sub-scanning direction, the reading unit being able to read the document conveyed on the first contact glass and the document placed on the second contact glass; and a guide member provided across both of the rear surface of the first contact glass and the rear surface of the document separation member so as to make contact with both of the rear surfaces of the first contact glass and the document separation member, the guide member guiding movement of the reading unit.