US 2008/0304116 A1 · SHEET-FEEDING SCANNER

Abstract

The present invention relates to a sheet-feeding scanner including an automatic document feeder and an image scanning portion. The automatic document feeder includes a U-shaped transfer path, a first scanning window and a first scanning module. The U-shaped transfer path includes a sheet pick-up section, a sheet reverse region and a scan region. The first scanning window in disposed in the sheet reverse region. The first scanning module is arranged beside the first scanning window for scanning the image of a first side of the paper sheet. The image scanning portion is disposed under the automatic paper feeder, and includes a second scanning window and a second scanning module. The second scanning window is disposed in the scan region. The second scanning module is arranged under the second scanning window for scanning the image of a second side of the paper sheet.

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Dependent claims

A sheet-feeding scanner for scanning a first side and a second side of a paper sheet, said sheet-feeding scanner comprising:

an automatic document feeder including a U-shaped transfer path, a first scanning window and a first scanning module, wherein said U-shaped transfer path includes a sheet pick-up section, a sheet reverse region and a scan region, said first scanning window in disposed in said sheet reverse region, and said first scanning module is arranged beside said first scanning window for scanning the image of said first side of said paper sheet;
and
an image scanning portion disposed under said automatic paper feeder, and including a second scanning window and a second scanning module, wherein said second scanning window is disposed in said scan region, and said second scanning module is arranged under said second scanning window for scanning the image of said second side of said paper sheet.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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