Patent ID: 8780423

Claim:
A paper conveying apparatus comprising: a first image capture unit for capturing an image of a sheet shaped medium; a second image capture unit, arranged facing the first image capture unit above the first image capture unit, for capturing an image of a surface at an opposite side from the surface of the medium which the first image capture unit captures; a pair of conveyor rollers having a first roller which conveys the medium to the first image capture unit and the second image capture unit, and a second roller arranged facing the first roller above the first roller; a first conveyor guide arranged at the second image capture unit; and a second conveyor guide for guiding the medium to the pair of conveyor rollers, wherein a nip position of the pair of conveyor rollers is arranged above an extended plane of a top surface of the first image capture unit extended to the pair of conveyor rollers side, an axis of rotation of the second roller is arranged offset to the first image capture unit side compared with an axis of rotation of the first roller at projections on the extended plane, and the first conveyor guide guides the medium, which is guided from the second conveyor guide and is conveyed by the first roller to above the extended plane, to make the medium turn downward.