Patent ID: 8169669

Claim:
A scanner device comprising a scanner body having a document insertion opening formed at the upper rear part and a document ejection opening formed at a lower front part, and configured so that a document taken in from the document insertion opening is read and then ejected from the document ejection opening, wherein said scanner device further comprises an upper surface cover arranged so as to cover the upper surface of the scanner body and a front surface cover arranged so as to cover the front surface of the scanner body, said front surface cover being connected at a lower end side thereof to a lower front part of the scanner body so that the front surface cover can open and close with respect to the front surface of the scanner body and connected at an upper end side thereof to a front end side of the upper surface cover so as to be pivotable, said upper surface cover and said front surface cover being separated from the upper surface and front surface of the scanner body by opening the front surface cover in a direction away from the front surface of the scanner body, thereby forming a document ejection tray receiving a document ejected from the document ejection opening.