Multifunction device with scanner unit offset from recording sheet tray

A multifunction device configured to read an image and record an image on a recording sheet, comprising:

• an image recording unit configured to record the image on the recording sheet;
• a flatbed-type scanner unit arranged above the image recording unit and configured to read the image from an original sheet, the scanner unit comprising an image readable plane which supports the original sheet with the image to be read;
• and
• an auto document feeder unit configured to feed a document sheet to be read by an image reader,
• wherein the image recording unit is disposed in a main body unit, which is arranged below the auto document feeder unit,
• wherein the image recording unit comprises:
• a first tray configured to store the recording sheet on which the image is to be recorded;
• a conveyer path configured to convey the recording sheet stored by the first tray upwardly from a rear side of the multifunction device, to invert the conveyed recording sheet, and to further convey the inverted recording sheet in a first direction toward a front face of the multifunction device;
• and
• a second tray, which is formed along an edge of an opening formed on the front face of the multifunction device, and to which the recording sheet having been conveyed in the conveyer path is to be conveyed,
• wherein the auto document feeder unit comprises:
• a sheet feeding path formed to define a sheet feeding direction of the document sheet and including a U-curved path, the sheet feeding direction of the sheet feeding path being turned, at the U-curved path, to a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction in a horizontal plane view, from a third direction, which is substantially parallel and opposite to the second direction;
• a sheet feeding unit configured to convey the document sheet along the sheet feeding path;
• and
• a driving motor arranged within a range corresponding to a width of the sheet feeding path along the first direction and configured to provide a driving force to the sheet feeding unit,
• wherein a discharge area of the second tray is configured to accommodate recording sheets of one or more specified sizes,
• wherein, in a third direction parallel and opposite to the second direction, a downstream end of the discharge area is displaced from and downstream of a downstream end of an image readable area of the image readable plane, the downstream end of the discharge area in the third direction being displaced from the downstream end of the image readable area in the third direction at a first distance,
• wherein the driving motor is arranged to partially protrude downwardly from a lower surface of the auto document feeder unit,
• wherein the main body unit comprises:
• the image readable plane included in the scanner unit, the image readable plane being arranged on an upper face of the main body unit;
• the image reader arranged in a lower position with respect to the image readable plane and configured to read the image from the original sheet placed on the image readable plane;
• and
• a recessed portion formed on the upper face of the main body unit in a position corresponding to a position of the driving motor, the recessed portion being capable of accommodating a protruded part of the driving motor, the protruded part of the driving motor protruding downwardly from the lower surface of the auto document feeder unit, and
• wherein, in the third direction, the recessed portion is formed downstream of the downstream end of the image readable area of the image readable plane.