Image reading apparatus, multi-functional machine and document discharging method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae Hoon Choi, Yong Sok Yang
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus with a structure capable of reliably discharging a document, and a multi-functional machine having the same are disclosed. The image reading apparatus includes a document feed path having a document outlet, a reading unit which reads an image of a document fed through the document feed path, and a guide member which is disposed at the document outlet downstream of the reading unit to form a curl on the trailing end portion of the document. The curl formed on the document may make it possible for a subsequent document being discharged to push the curled document out of the document outlet.
Claims16
An image reading apparatus, comprising:
- a document feed path along which a document to be read travels, the document feed path including a document outlet through which the document exits the image reading apparatus;
- a reading unit disposed along the document feed path upstream of the document outlet with respect to a direction of travel of the document, the reading unit being configured to read an image of the document;
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- a guide member disposed at the document outlet, the guide member being configured to cause the document to curl at least at a trailing end of the document.
A multi-functional machine, comprising:
- a main body having a document feed path, along which a document to be read moves, the document path including a document outlet, through which the document exits the multi-functional machine;
- a reading unit which reads image information from the document in the document feed path;
- at least one guide member disposed at the document outlet configured to cause the document to curl, and the at least one guide member being configured to be in contact with a trailing end of the document as the document exits through the document outlet.
A method of discharging documents through a document outlet, comprising:
- forming a curl on a trailing end portion of a first document at the document outlet with at least one guide member disposed at the document outlet;
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- feeding a second document through the document outlet so as to cause a leading end portion of the second document to push the curled trailing end portion of the first document out of the document outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.