Patent ID: 7505183

Claim:
A media feeding and transparent media placement device with scanning and fixing functions, for both normal opaque documents and transparent documents, on an image scanning device comprising: a paper tray, which accommodates a plurality of external documents to be scanned; a transparent supporting board on top of said image scanning device; a feeding module, which is connected to the paper tray and includes a plurality of paper-feeding rollers to pick one of the external documents and feeds it to the transparent supporting board for the image scanning device to scan; a document illumination module, which is embedded on one side of the image scanning device corresponding to the feeding module and where said illumination module provides a beam for the image scanning device to obtain image data of an external document; a removable document pressing board installed at the bottom of the feeding module to cover the illumination module and for use with the automatic document feeder to scan normal opaque documents; a removable fixing frame positioned underneath the feeding module that includes an illumination region for the accurate positioning and placement of an external transparent document, such as a transparency or a negative film, wherein said fixing frame is installed in place of and is interchangeable with the removable document pressing board.