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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2003
Masashi Aoki, Hachioji, JP;
Tsuyoshi Mizubata, Hachioji, JP;
Kiyoshi Hata, Hachioji, JP;
Nobutaka Kato, Higashikurume, JP;
Osamu Kato, Higashimurayama, JP;
Kazuaki Ito, Kawagoe, JP;
Masashi Aoki, Hachioji, JP;
Tsuyoshi Mizubata, Hachioji, JP;
Kiyoshi Hata, Hachioji, JP;
Nobutaka Kato, Higashikurume, JP;
Osamu Kato, Higashimurayama, JP;
Kazuaki Ito, Kawagoe, JP;
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A document feeder reads a document at a reading section while conveying the document. The document feeder has a flexible member which is set in a convey path formed in a document feeding section such that the document is always conveyed along the convey path, and which flexes by a passing force of the document, to allow conveyance of the document. The flexible member is formed of a PET sheet, and is adhered to a reading guide member provided to the document feeding section, to close the convey path.