Patent ID: 8619345

Claim:
An image reading device comprising: a first automatic document feeder (ADF) glass; a second ADF glass disposed at a predetermined distance from the first ADF glass along a document feeding direction; a first reading unit disposed at a position corresponding to the first ADF glass to read image information recorded on a first surface of a document; a second reading unit disposed at a position corresponding to the second ADF glass to read image information recorded on a second surface of the document; and at least one light shielding member mounted between the first reading unit and the second reading unit along the document feeding direction, the at least one light shielding member being adjacent to at least one of the first ADF glass and second ADF glass to shield the light irradiated via the first reading unit to the document from being transmitted to the second reading unit, the at least one light shielding member including a first light shielding member and a second light shielding member disposed at a predetermined distance from the first light shielding member along the document feeding direction.