Patent ID: 8736927

Claim:
A scanning device having a paper-feeding inlet through which a sheet-like medium is inserted into and moves through the scanning device, the sheet-like mediums being substantially divided into two categories which are designated as first sheet-like mediums and second sheet-like mediums smaller and thicker than the first ones, the scanning device comprising: a block-shaped scanning platform, the scanning device defining a scanning direction along a long side of the scanning platform namely a long side of the paper-feeding inlet; a feed roller rotatably mounted above the scanning platform for clamping the sheet-like medium therebetween; and a first elastic element and a second elastic element located under two opposite ends of the scanning platform to press the scanning platform upward against the feed roller, wherein the force of the first elastic element acting on the scanning platform is equal to that of the second elastic element acting on the scanning platform, one end sidewall of the paper-feeding inlet near to the first elastic element is defined as a datum end for guiding the sheet-like medium to be inserted into the paper-feeding inlet, the distance from the first elastic element to the datum end is smaller than that from the second elastic element to the other end sidewall of the paper-feeding inlet, in use, the feed roller rotates to bring the sheet-like medium across the scanning platform so as to make one side of the sheet-like medium be scanned by the scanning platform successively along the scanning direction and be converted into a digital image.