Document feeder and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Corporation
InventorsMasashi Aoki, Tsuyoshi Mizubata, Kiyoshi Hata, Nobutaka Kato, Osamu Kato, Kazuaki Ito
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Abstract
A document feeder reads a document at a reading section while conveying the document. The document feeder has a flexible member which is set in a convey path formed in a document feeding section such that the document is always conveyed along the convey path, and which flexes by a passing force of the document, to allow conveyance of the document. The flexible member is formed of a PET sheet, and is adhered to a reading guide member provided to the document feeding section, to close the convey path.
Claims14
A document feeder which reads a document at a reading section while conveying the document in a document feeding section, comprising:
- a flexible member which is set between the reading section and a pair of rollers provided upstream of the reading section in a convey path formed in the document feeding section, said flexible member contacts and presses the document against a wall in the convey path,
- wherein said flexible member flexes when the document passes the flexible member to allow conveyance of the document.
An image forming apparatus comprising a document feeder which reads a document at a reading section while conveying the document in a document feeding section, comprising:
- a flexible member which is set between the reading section and a pair of rollers provided on upstream of the reading section in a convey path formed in the document feeding section, the flexible member contacts and presses the document against a wall in the convey path,
- wherein the flexible member flexes when the document passes the flexible member to allow conveyance of the document.
A document feeder which reads a document at a reading section while conveying the document in a document feeding section, comprising:
- a pair of rollers provided upstream of the reading section;
- a flexible member which is set upstream of the reading section in a convey path formed in the document feeding section, the flexible member contacts and presses the document against a wall in the convey path,
- wherein the flexible member flexes when the document passes the flexible member to allow conveyance of the document, and contacts and presses the document while reading the document after a trailing edge of the document passed through the rollers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.