Patent ID: 7764409

Claim:
A manuscript conveyor guide provided in an image-reading unit that reads an image of a manuscript moving on a contact glass plate by using an optical system arranged under the contact glass plate, the manuscript conveyor guide comprising an upper guide being arranged over the contact glass plate and guiding the manuscript that has passed over the contact glass plate in a direction of discharge, wherein: said upper guide has a curved surface and a flat surface in a facing portion to an upper surface of the contact glass plate; the curved surface being positioned on the upstream in the direction which the manuscript is conveyed and the flat surface is positioned on the downstream in the direction which the manuscript is conveyed; and a distance d 2 between the flat surface and the contact glass is greater than a distance d 1 between the curved surface and the contact glass; the manuscript being guided downwardly toward the upper surface of the contact glass plate by the curved surface of said upper guide.