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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2011
Mitsuharu Yoshimoto, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Suto, Osaka, JP;
Shohichi Fukutome, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Nakanishi, Osaka, JP;
Hisashi Yamanaka, Osaka, JP;
Sohichi Takata, Osaka, JP;
Mitsuharu Yoshimoto, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Suto, Osaka, JP;
Shohichi Fukutome, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Nakanishi, Osaka, JP;
Hisashi Yamanaka, Osaka, JP;
Sohichi Takata, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A document reading section includes a document load table, a document load tray, a first document receiving tray, a linear conveyance path, a first guide member and a first reading section. The linear conveyance path, inclining downward from the document load tray, reaches the first document receiving tray. The first guide member is disposed in the linear conveyance path, and its top surface inclines downward along the linear conveyance path toward a downstream side in a document conveying direction in relation to the document load table. The first guide member is disposed in such a manner that part of its top surface intersects with a plane containing a top surface of the document load table.