Patent ID: 8368976

Claim:
An automatic document feeding and scanning apparatus, comprising: an automatic document feeder having a sheet-feeding path for transferring a sheetfed-scanning document; and a flatbed scanner mechanism disposed under said automatic document feeder, and comprising: a casing; a scanning module disposed within said casing; and a scanning platform disposed on said casing, and comprising a first transparent plate and a second transparent plate, wherein said first transparent plate is fixed in a first scanning window for supporting a flatbed-scanning document, and said second transparent plate is disposed under said sheet-feeding path and fixed in a second scanning window, so that light beams generated by said scanning module are transmitted through said second transparent plate to read an image of said sheetfed-scanning document, wherein said second transparent plate comprises an upper surface and a lower surface, and the area of said upper surface is greater than the area of said lower surface.