Patent ID: 8472087

Claim:
An office machine with both a platform-type scanning mode and a feeder-type scanning mode, comprising: a bed section arranged on an upper side of the office machine; a platform on which a document or a paper can be placed; a scanning module disposed in the bed section, the scanning module being reciprocally drivable to scan a document or a paper placed on the platform; and a sheet-feeding path positioned under the bed section, the sheet-feeding path having at least one scanning position where a first side of a document or a paper can be scanned by the scanning module, wherein the sheet-feeding path includes a first passage for feeding the document or paper to the scanning position, a second passage communicating with the first passage for feeding the document or paper away from the scanning position, a subsidiary passage communicating with an exit of the second passage and an entrance of the first passage, and an exit communicating with the exit of the second passage and the subsidiary passage, when a second side of the document or paper is to be scanned, the document or paper of which the first side has been scanned is returned into the subsidiary passage from the exit of the second passage and then transferred into the entrance of the first passage.