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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2012
Shinnosuke Enomoto, Minami-Alps, JP;
Junya Ozawa, Chuo, JP;
Shinnosuke Enomoto, Minami-Alps, JP;
Junya Ozawa, Chuo, JP;
NISCA CORPORATION, Minamikoma-Gun, Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
A reading unit () placed on the inner side of a U-shaped feed path () that feeds a document is formed such that the height-axis dimension of said reading unit decreases in a direction extending toward a side having a paper delivery tray (). Contact glass (), a light source and a first mirror () are placed in the reading unit () at an end portion of the side having the paper delivery tray (). Multiple reflecting mirrors (and), a lens () and a photoelectric converter element () are placed further from the paper delivery tray than the first mirror () in the reading unit. This structure enables the reading unit provided in a document feeder to be more compact while ensuring the required light path length, and enables the entire document feeder to be more compact.