Patent ID: 8120821

Claim:
An image scanning device comprising; a main body that has a box-shaped appearance having a front face and a back face that opposes to the front face and including a first axis and a second axis, wherein the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis; a flat bed scanner unit that is mounted on the main body to be rotatable around an axis provided near the back face along the first axis of the main body, the flat bed scanner unit comprising: an image sensor that moves parallel to the first axis and that is disposed at a predetermined height above a document scanning area to scan an image of a document placed on the document scanning area, and a casing with a stopper accommodating portion that is recessed from a bottom surface of the casing and that is disposed adjacent to the document scanning area of the image sensor when the flat bed scanner unit is in a closed state where the flat bed scanner unit is closed with respect to the main body; and a stopper that supports the flat bed scanner unit in an opened state where the flat bed scanner unit is opened with respect to the main body by being rotated around the first axis, the stopper comprising: a base end that is rotatably attached to an upper portion of the main body; and a leading end that is slidably attached to the flat bed scanner unit, wherein the stopper accommodating portion is configured to accommodate the stopper above and substantially parallel to the bottom surface of the casing when the flat bed scanner unit is in the closed state.