Patent ID: 8867111

Claim:
A document reader comprising: a document table configured to hold document sheets to be read; a discharge table disposed below the document table with an overlap with the document table in a vertical direction; a conveyance guide configured to form a feeding path, the conveyance guide comprising: a first guide formed to feed the document sheets held on the document table, in a first feeding direction; and a second guide formed to extend continuously from the first guide and turn around in a second feeding direction opposite to the first feeding direction so as to feed the document sheets toward the discharge table in the second feeding direction; a conveyor configured to convey the document sheets held on the document table, on a sheet-by-sheet basis along the conveyance guide, and discharge the document sheets onto the discharge table; and a reading unit disposed on the second guide, the reading unit configured to read images of the document sheets being fed along the second guide, wherein at least part of the document table is configured to swing around a first axis, between: a first position where the at least part of the document table functions as the document table; and a second position where the at least part of the document table is more slanted with respect to the first guide than when in the first position, and the document reader further comprises: a swing portion configured to form a part of a feeding surface forming the second guide and configured to swing around a second axis, between: a third position where the swing portion functions as the second guide; and a fourth position to expose a part of the feeding path that is formed by the second guide; and a switching mechanism configured to cause the swing portion to swing from the third position to the fourth position in conjunction with the swing motion of the at least part of the document table from the first position to the second position.