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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2003
Yasuhito Watanabe, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Tatsuzo Aoyagi, Minami Alps, JP;
Fumihito Endo, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Yasuhito Watanabe, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Tatsuzo Aoyagi, Minami Alps, JP;
Fumihito Endo, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Nisca Corporation, Yamanashi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An automatic document feeder is provided with a reading unit disposed above a platen for reading an original. The reading unit includes a platen roller for transporting the original to the reading unit; a guide device arranged between the platen and the platen roller and formed in a curved original reading path; a pressing device for pressing the guide device against the platen roller; and a regulating device for creating a space between a surface of the platen roller and an upper surface of the platen. When the original is transported between the platen roller and the guide device, the original moves the guide device toward the platen.