Automatic document feeder with a conveying roller and an image reader

An automatic document feeder with a conveying roller for conveying a document sheet to a document reading position on a platen facing a document image reading portion, comprising:

• a pickup guide for picking up a fore end of the document sheet scanned at said document reading position from said platen;
• a paper discharge means for discharging a document sheet passing said platen onto a paper discharge stacker;
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• a curved path being located where said document reading portion reads the conveyed document sheet;
• wherein said paper discharge means is provided with a paper discharge roller and a document sheet deflecting means with a swayable plate spring for deflecting a the document sheet toward the paper discharge stacker.

An image reader, comprising:

• a paper feed stacker and a paper discharge stacker provided at an upper and a lower positions relative to each other;
• a curved path which is arranged between the paper feed stacker and the paper discharge stacker through which a document sheet is conveyed;
• a paper feed means formed in a path for conveying the document sheet;
• a conveying means for feeding the document sheet to a document sheet reading portion;
• a paper discharge means;
• a driving motor for driving the conveying means and the paper discharge means for conveying the document sheet to said image reader;
• a document sheet discharge means with a paper discharge roller for discharging the document sheet read by said document sheet reading portion onto said paper discharge stacker;
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• a document sheet deflecting means with a swayable plate spring for deflecting the document sheet toward the paper discharge stacker.

An automatic document feeder with a conveying roller for conveying a document sheet, to a document reading position on a platen facing a document image reading portion, comprising:

• a pickup guide adjoining said platen for picking up a fore end of the document sheet scanned at said document reading position from said platen;
• a document sheet discharge means for discharging the document sheet passing said platen onto a paper discharge stacker;
• a pressing piece in contact with said platen and said pickup guide for pressing the document sheet passed through said document reading portion against said pickup guide at a curved path from said platen to said pickup guide;
• a document sheet deflecting means for making said paper discharge roller discharge the document sheet onto the paper discharge stacker and deflecting a the document sheet toward the paper discharge stacker;
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• a document sheet deflecting means for deflecting the document sheet toward the paper discharge stacker.