Patent ID: 8059317
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading apparatus, comprising: a document tray on which a document is placed; a reading window; a first document conveying passage that guides the document from the document tray to the reading window; a first reading section which reads the document at the reading window; a reversing mechanism which reverses and conveys the document so that, after one side of the document is read by the first reading section, the other side of the document is to be read by the first reading section; a document-discharging tray to which the document whose one or the other side is read by the first reading section is discharged; a reverse document conveying passage which guides the document from the reading window to the reversing mechanism; a re-conveying document conveying passage which connects the reversing mechanism and the first document conveying passage and guides the document from the reversing mechanism to the first document conveying passage; a discharging document conveying passage which branches out from the reverse document conveying passage and guides the document to the document discharging tray; a switching guide provided at a branching position between the reverse document conveying passage and the discharging document conveying passage, the switching guide performing switching to guide the document to the reversing mechanism or the document discharging tray; and a second reading section which is provided in the discharging document conveying passage between the switching guide and the document discharging tray and reads the other side of the document guided to the document discharging tray.