Image forming apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorDong Hyun YOO
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus which has an improved structure capable of decreasing the size of a scanning part. The image forming apparatus includes an automatic document feeder (ADF), a flat glass, an ADF glass to scan a document fed by the ADF, and an image sensor to read information from the document. The ADF glass can be mounted at an angle with respect to the flat glass. The image sensor can be rotated from a position in parallel with the flat glass to a position in parallel with the ADF glass and vice versa by an image sensor rotating device.
Claims21
An image forming apparatus having an automatic document feeder (ADF) to provide successive scanning, comprising:
- a main body including an image forming part;
- a flat glass provided at the main body;
- an ADF glass to scan a document fed by the ADF;
- an image sensor to read information from a document;
- and
- an image sensor rotating device to rotate the image sensor between a first position adequate to scan using the flat glass and a second position adequate to scan using the ADF glass.
An image forming apparatus including a scanning part having an automatic document feeder (ADF) to provide successive scanning, comprising:
- a main body including an image forming part;
- a flat glass provided at the main body;
- and
- an image sensor to read an image from a document,
- wherein the scanning part includes a document feeding path which is provided at an angle from a top portion of the main body to a side portion of the main body, and an ADF glass which is provided on the document feeding path.
An automatic document feeder (ADF) apparatus, comprising:
- a placement glass to hold a document in place to be scanned;
- an ADF glass to scan a document fed by the ADF;
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- a rotatable image sensor to rotate between a first position to move along the placement glass to scan the document placed thereon and a second position to face the ADF glass to scan the document fed along the ADF glass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.