Patent ID: 7382506
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: B65H,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading and recording apparatus provided with an image reading portion for reading an image of a document, and an image recording portion for recording an image on a recording sheet, said image reading and recording apparatus comprising: a first stacking portion for stacking thereon a first sheet which is one of the document and the recording sheet; first feeding means for feeding the first sheet stacked on said first stacking portion; a second stacking portion for stacking thereon a second sheet which is the other of the document and the recording sheet; second feeding means having a cut-away portion formed by cutting away a portion of a peripheral surface thereof and for feeding the second sheet stacked on said second stacking portion; and a lower guide member extending from said first stacking portion to said second feeding means for guiding the first sheet fed by said first feeding means, wherein when the first sheet is to be fed by said first feeding means, said second feeding means is stopped in a state in which said cut-away portion is opposed to said lower guide member so as to form between said cut-away portion and said lower guide member a gap through which the first sheet fed by said first feeding means passes, and wherein in a state in which the first sheet is stacked on said first stacking portion, the second sheet stacked on said second stacking portion is fed by said second feeding means.