Patent ID: 9049326
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: B41J,B65H,G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A multifunction device configured to read an image and record an image on a recording sheet, comprising: an image recording unit configured to record the image on the recording sheet; a flatbed-type scanner unit arranged above the image recording unit and configured to read the image from an original sheet, the scanner unit comprising an image readable plane which supports the original sheet with the image to be read; and an auto document feeder unit configured to feed a document sheet to be read by an image reader, wherein the image recording unit is disposed in a main body unit, which is arranged below the auto document feeder unit, wherein the image recording unit comprises: wherein the auto document feeder unit comprises: wherein a discharge area of the second tray is configured to accommodate recording sheets of one or more specified sizes, wherein, in a third direction parallel and opposite to the second direction, a downstream end of the discharge area is displaced from and downstream of a downstream end of an image readable area of the image readable plane, the downstream end of the discharge area in the third direction being displaced from the downstream end of the image readable area in the third direction at a first distance, wherein the driving motor is arranged to partially protrude downwardly from a lower surface of the auto document feeder unit, wherein the main body unit comprises: wherein, in the third direction, the recessed portion is formed downstream of the downstream end of the image readable area of the image readable plane.