Patent ID: 7164512

Claim:
A document transfer device for transferring a document to a reading position on a platen of an image reading apparatus, comprising: a first supply port for supplying the document onto the platen from one end thereof, a first supply path disposed adjacent to said first supply port for guiding the document supplied onto the platen from the first supply port to a downstream side along the platen, a platen cover for covering a part of the platen to form the first supply path together with the platen, a second supply port located at a downstream side of the platen cover for supplying the document onto the platen at the downstream side of the platen cover different from the first supply port, a second supply path connected to the second supply port for supplying the document thereto, and a transfer device disposed adjacent to the downstream side of the platen cover for transferring the document from one of the first supply path and the second supply path to the reading position on the platen by one direction transfer of the document, said transfer device partly covering the platen at the downstream side of the platen cover, wherein said second supply port directly faces the platen at a position different from the first supply port, and said first supply port is arranged above the second supply port in a vertical direction.