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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2005
Toru Uchida, Shizuoka, JP;
Kouichi Furutoh, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Uchida, Shizuoka, JP;
Kouichi Furutoh, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic document feeder is mounted on a platen cover, which is located on a housing of a manuscript scanning section and movable relative to the housing to have open and shut states. The automatic document feeder is provided with: a manuscript stacker adapted to have manuscripts stacked on it; an outer frame structure having the manuscript stacker movable to attain the open and shut states; and a handle section provided integrally with the outer frame structure and disposed anteriorly to the manuscript stacker. The space between the manuscript stacker and the platen cover serves as a manuscript discharging section. The handle section is formed in a shape so as to avoid narrowing the entrance for inserting a hand into the manuscript discharging section.