CN101127817B - Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus - Google Patents

Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus Download PDF

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CN101127817B
CN101127817B CN2007101232190A CN200710123219A CN101127817B CN 101127817 B CN101127817 B CN 101127817B CN 2007101232190 A CN2007101232190 A CN 2007101232190A CN 200710123219 A CN200710123219 A CN 200710123219A CN 101127817 B CN101127817 B CN 101127817B
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An image reading apparatus includes: a main body; an operation panel; a document feeding tray movable between first and second positions and having a placing surface on which a document is placed; a document conveying plate guiding the document; and a reading unit reading an image of the document. The placing surface includes first and second placing portions. In the first position, a first inferior angle formed by the first placing portion and a line is smaller than a second inferior angle formed by the line and the second placing portion. The line is perpendicular to a predetermined plane and passes through a boundary between the first and second placing portions. In the second position, the first placing portion covers at least a part of the operation panel, and the second placing portion is positioned substantially flush with a conveying surface of the document conveying plate.

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Image-reading device and imaging device
The cross reference of related application
The application is based on the Japanese patent application No.2006-182524 that submitted on June 30th, 2006, and requires the priority of this application, and its whole contents quotes in full as a reference at this.
Technical field
The present invention relates to image-reading device such as scanner, and such as the imaging device of scanner, facsimile machine, photocopier etc.
Background technology
JP-A-2003-92651 (hereinafter referred to as file 1) and JP-A-2002-320058 (hereinafter referred to as file 2) disclose a kind of facsimile machine.This facsimile machine comprises the operating unit lid on the upper surface front portion that is arranged on main body cover.On the surface of this operating unit lid, form guidance panel.Image fetching unit is arranged in the main body cover, and ink-jet type image recording unit (printer unit) is arranged on below this image fetching unit.This facsimile machine comprises: the document case that file is placed on it, so that file is supplied to image fetching unit; The paper feeding cassette that is placed on it with the paper of many record-papers so that will print and be recorded on this record-paper (paper) such as the data of the image that receives.This document box and paper feeding cassette are on this main body cover of the back of image fetching unit.This document box and paper feeding cassette are arranged to be parallel to each other substantially and side direction have a down dip (promptly side direction tilts backwards) forward.
In said structure, file that has read and the recording paper of having printed output to file output cassette and recording paper output cassette respectively.These boxes are arranged on the front surface of main body cover and separate vertically mutually.
This facsimile machine comprises the transceiver (receiver) with the ten bond number word keyboards that are used for telephone set, so as with the facsimile machine or the telephone communication (making a phone call) in a distant place.This receiver is placed and is placed on the carriage, and this carriage is arranged on a side of this main body cover (housing), makes the longitudinal direction of this receiver be arranged essentially parallel to the longitudinal direction of this main body cover.
JP-A-2003-158592 (hereinafter referred to as file 3) discloses a kind of facsimile machine, and it comprises can insert the paper feeding cassette of its underpart from the main body front.In this facsimile machine, the paper of printing in the record cell (not shown) outputs to the record-paper output accumulation device that stretches out backward from this back body.In this facsimile machine, document case is arranged on the upstream of record-paper output accumulation device, and the file that has been read in the process by reading unit is towards this main body output.
But as file 1 and 2 described under document case and the sweptback situation of paper feeding cassette, the upper part of this box is positioned at the back of this main body cover rear surface especially.Therefore, for this box being arranged in the correct sweptback position that this rear side box has its function, need between the wall surface in this main body cover and this room, keep big space (dead space (dead space)).That is to say, even form when very compact at this main body cover, when image recorder (this facsimile machine) in use, also essential big space.
In patent document 3, recording paper is to the output of the back of this main body.Therefore, even in this case, the between the walls in this main body cover and this room also needs big space.
In addition, in patent document 1 to 3 disclosed facsimile machine, document case and paper feeding cassette form a straight line usually in end view.Therefore, when employing receded the position, the upper part of this box was away from the rear surface of this main body cover in end view.
Also have, when image recorder (facsimile machine) time spent not, be under the upright situation at document case and paper feeding cassette, dust is deposited on that the surface (upper surface) of each box is gone up, on the surface of guidance panel, on the inlet of document reading unit and paper supply unit.Therefore, when reusing image recorder, also cause problem by the cleaning consumption in operation that dust brought out.
Summary of the invention
According to a first aspect of the invention, provide a kind of image-reading device, comprising: be placed on the main body on the predetermined plane; Be arranged on the lip-deep guidance panel of this main body; File feed cassette movably between the primary importance and the second place, and this document feed cassette has the placement surface that file is placed on it when this document feed cassette is in primary importance; Have the file transfer plate that transmits the surface, the file of supplying with from this document feed cassette is directed along direction of transfer on this transmission surface; And reading unit, it reads from the image of the file of this document transfer plate guiding, wherein, the placement surface of this document feed cassette comprises first placement part and second placement part, and boundary is crooked between this first placement part and second placement part, this second placement part is arranged on the downstream of first placement part along direction of transfer, wherein, when this document feed cassette is in primary importance, this second placement part is positioned at the transmission surface of this document transfer plate and flushes substantially, when this document feed cassette is in primary importance, this first placement part is positioned at from this second placement part and crosses (across) imaginary line (virtualline) and extend from this border along the direction of leaving predetermined plane, wherein this imaginary line is defined as perpendicular to this predetermined plane and the line by the border between this first placement part and second placement part, wherein when this document feed cassette is in primary importance, first inferior horn that is formed by this first placement part and this imaginary line is less than second inferior horn that is formed by this imaginary line and this second placement part, and wherein when this document feed cassette was in the second place, this first placement part covered at least a portion of this guidance panel.
According to a second aspect of the invention, a kind of imaging device comprises: be placed on the main body on the predetermined plane; Be arranged on the lip-deep guidance panel of this main body; Be arranged on the recording medium feed unit of this lower body part, this recording medium feed unit once separates with many recording mediums of stack manner placement; Has the transmission passage of U-shaped cross-sectional shape part substantially, to transmit the recording medium of supplying with from this recording medium feed unit; Image is recorded in record cell from the recording medium of this transmission channel transfer; Be used to export output from the recording medium of this record cell transmission; And the image-reading device that is arranged on this record cell top, wherein this image-reading device comprises: file feed cassette movably between the primary importance and the second place, and this document feed cassette has the placement surface that file is placed on it when this document feed cassette is in primary importance; Have the file transfer plate that transmits the surface, the file of supplying with from this document feed cassette is directed along direction of transfer on this transmission surface; And reading unit, it reads from the image of the file of this document transfer plate guiding, wherein, the placement surface of this document feed cassette comprises first placement part and second placement part, and boundary is crooked between this first placement part and second placement part, this second placement part is arranged on the downstream of first placement part along direction of transfer, wherein, when this document feed cassette is in primary importance, this second placement part is positioned at the transmission surface of this document transfer plate and flushes substantially, wherein when this document feed cassette is in primary importance, this first placement part is positioned at from this second placement part and crosses imaginary line, and extend from this border along the direction of leaving predetermined plane, wherein this imaginary line is defined as perpendicular to this predetermined plane and the line by the border between this first placement part and second placement part, wherein when this document feed cassette is in primary importance, first inferior horn that is formed by this first placement part and this imaginary line is less than second inferior horn that is formed by this imaginary line and this second placement part, and wherein when this document feed cassette was in the second place, this first placement part covered at least a portion of this guidance panel.
According to a third aspect of the invention we, a kind of imaging device comprises: be placed on the main body on the predetermined plane; Be arranged on the recording medium feed unit of this lower body part, this recording medium feed unit once separates with many recording mediums of stack manner placement; Has the transmission passage of U-shaped cross-sectional shape part substantially, to transmit the recording medium of supplying with from this recording medium feed unit; Image is recorded in record cell from the recording medium of this transmission channel transfer; Be used for along the output of first direction of transfer output from the recording medium of this record cell transmission; Be arranged on this record cell top and along the file transfer plate of the second direction of transfer boot files; Read from the reading unit of the image of the file of this document transfer plate guiding; Be arranged on the operation panel unit of this reading unit top; And be arranged on file feed cassette on this main body upper surface, this document feed cassette is supplied with file the file intake that is formed between file transfer plate and this guidance panel, wherein this document feed cassette is movably between the primary importance and the second place, this document feed cassette that wherein is in the second place covers at least a portion of this guidance panel upper surface and this document supply port, and wherein when this document feed cassette was in primary importance, the vertical extension that enters this document feed cassette in this predetermined plane entirely was positioned at the profile of this main body.
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Fig. 1 is the external perspective view of facsimile machine when the file feed cassette is in stand up position;
Fig. 2 is the right side view of facsimile machine;
Fig. 3 is the cutaway view along the facsimile machine of the line III-III intercepting of Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 opens and the left side view of file feed cassette facsimile machine when being horizontal when bonnet;
Fig. 5 opens and the sectional view of file feed cassette facsimile machine when closing when bonnet;
Fig. 6 is the rearview of facsimile machine;
Fig. 7 is the vertical view of facsimile machine when the file feed cassette is in stand up position;
Fig. 8 is horizontal and the vertical view of bonnet when closing when the part feed cassette; And
Fig. 9 opens when bonnet, and the file feed cassette is horizontal, and the vertical view of the paper supply channel part of U-shaped shape when being removed.
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Embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The main body 2 of this facsimile machine 1 is the injection-molded product that forms with synthetic resin.As Fig. 3 and shown in Figure 5, image recording unit (to call " record cell " in the following text) 7 is arranged on the bottom of this main body 2.On the front surface of this main body 2, form as the opening portion that inserts mouthful 2a.Paper feeding cassette 3 can insert the carton holding portion of the bottom that is positioned at this main body 2 or remove (direction along basic horizontal can be to load or do not load) from it by inserting mouthful 2a.This of main body 2 formation insertion mouthful 2a is referred to as " front side " or " forward " below part.With reference to this definition, indicate front side, left side and the right side of this equipment, and rear side.
In this embodiment, as shown in Figure 1, the direction that paper feeding cassette 3 inserts in removable mode is called sub scanning direction (along the direction of Y-axis), and the reciprocating direction of balladeur train 5 (describing after a while) is called main scanning direction (along the direction of X-axis).As shown in Figure 5, paper feeding cassette 3 comprises can hold the holding portion 3a that a stacker is opened, and every paper is as recording medium.This paper feeding cassette 3 can be admitted the paper that is cut into A4 specification, letter paper specification, paper for copying document specification etc.
As Fig. 3 and shown in Figure 5, near the separating plate 8 that is used for the inclination of separation is arranged on the dark side of image recording unit along the direction of insertion of paper feeding cassette 3.Paper supply channel part 9 when from the left side or the right side have U-shaped shape part substantially when observing.This paper supply channel part 9 is arranged in the main body 2 so that the upside (seeing Fig. 3 and Fig. 5) of the separating plate 8 of contiguous this inclination.
Be arranged on the position of these paper feeding cassette 3 tops as the paper feed roller 6b of paper feed.Driving shaft 6c is arranged on the upper part of sheet supplying arm 6a in paper feed.This sheet supplying arm 6a can rotate vertically around driving shaft 6c.This sheet supplying arm 6a is connected to paper feed roller 6b, and paper feed roller 6b is arranged on the lower end of this sheet supplying arm 6a.By the co-operation of paper feed roller 6b and inclination separating plate 8, be stacked on the paper feeding cassette 3 and supply with one respectively at every turn as the paper P of recording medium.Paper P distributes to the record cell 7 that is arranged on paper feeding cassette 3 top positions by paper supply channel part 9, and 7 couples of paper P of record cell carry out the image record.Subsequently, the paper P of this record is sent to the output 10 into the space of this paper feeding cassette 3 tops, and outputs to the outside (see figure 5) of main body 2 by the delivery outlet 10a that shares with insertion mouthful 2a.
As shown in Figure 5, record cell 7 is supported by a pair of left side plate (not shown) in the main truss 11, and these main truss 11 usefulness metals form the framework shape and have the upper surface of opening.This record cell 7 comprises first guiding piece 12, second guiding piece 13, balladeur train 5, synchronous belt (not shown), CR (balladeur train) motor (not shown), tabular platen 16 and belt scale (tape scale) (not shown).In this first guiding piece 12 and second guiding piece 13 each has the plate-like form of the horizontal alignment of direction (that is the main scanning direction) extension along X-axis.Balladeur train 5 slidably supported (installation) is on guiding piece 12 and 13, to allow reciprocating motion.On the lower surface of balladeur train 5, the ink jet print head (not shown) is set.The synchronous belt (not shown) is as endless-belt, and its upper surface that is parallel to second guiding piece 13 passes through around belt pulley, so that reciprocally activate balladeur train 5.This CR (balladeur train) motor-driven synchronous belt.As the example of CR motor, the DC motor is described in this embodiment.But the CR motor also can be other motors, for example stepping motor.This tabular platen 16 is supported on the paper that transmits on the lower surface of ink jet print head.This belt scale (not shown) is the element of optical linear encoder.This optical linear encoder is arranged to along the main scanning direction extension and detects position and the translational speed of this balladeur train 5 along the direction (main scanning direction) of X-axis.With respect to the paper conveyance direction that paper P passes through on platen 16, first guiding piece 12 is arranged on upstream position and second guiding piece 13 is arranged on downstream position.
Pair of registration rollers 17 with transmission effect and alignment effect is arranged on the upstream of this platen 16 with respect to direction of transfer.This comprises drive roll and driven voller to alignment roller 17.This alignment roller is sent to paper P in nozzle plane on the lower surface that is arranged on this recording head and the space between this platen 16.A pair of exit roller 18 is arranged in the downstream of this platen 16.This comprises exit roller 18: be arranged to the gear (spur) that contacts with the upper surface of paper P; Drive roll with the lower surface that is used to drive this paper P.The paper P of record is transmitted sheet feeding/discharge part 10 by means of this to exit roller 18.
As shown in figures 1 and 3, guidance panel 20 is arranged on the front portion of the upper surface of this main body 2.Guidance panel 20 comprises: such as the various action button 20a of ten bond number word keyboards; With liquid crystal display 20b.This guidance panel 20 is downward-sloping forward, and is articulated in main body 2 with the hinge 21 that is arranged on these guidance panel 20 fore-ends.Therefore, guidance panel 20 is arranged to and can be pivoted along vertical direction, and freely opens and closes with respect to main body 2.
Cis 22 is placed on the position of these guidance panel 20 belows and is placed in the main body 2.Particularly, as shown in Figure 5, file transfer plate 23 is arranged in above the record cell 7 in this main body 2 and position forward, so that be arranged essentially parallel to this guidance panel 20 (downward-sloping) forward.This cis comprises: file donor rollers 24, file separating plate (separating pad) 25, a pair of file transfer roller 26, be used to a pair of file outlet roller 28 that reads the image analyzer 27 of file and be arranged on this image analyzer downstream, these above elements are provided with along file transfer plate 23 to be from upstream to the downstream successively with respect to file direction of transfer (direction of the supply).(the contact type image scanner: CIS) 27 comprise CCD (solid state image pickup device) to this image analyzer, and its vertical side is along perpendicular to the direction of the paper plane of Fig. 5 (main scanning direction or along the direction of X-axis).Image analyzer 27 is corresponding to the reading unit that is configured to read file in copy function and facsimile function.Because this is arranged on the upstream of image analyzer 27 to file transfer roller 26, and a pair of file outlet roller 28 is arranged on the downstream of this image analyzer 27, so file can transmit with being stabilized.
File transfer plate 23 is arranged on the position of the lower surface of oriented manipulation panel 20, so that extend towards upstream side.Space between guidance panel 20 and the file transfer plate 23 is as file supply port 29.Document discharge port 30 as the opening portion that is arranged on main body 2 front portions is positioned at this downstream to file outlet roller 28.After the file output cassette 31 that extends previously of main body 2 is arranged on document discharge port 30 and can rotate vertically.The file separating plate (separating pad) 25 of the upper surface of object oriented file donor rollers 24, this driven voller (pinch roll), this driven voller (pinch roll) and the lower surface that all is connected in guidance panel 20 towards the file pressing plate 32 of the upper surface of image analyzer 27 to file outlet roller 28 to file transfer roller 26.
As Fig. 3 and shown in Figure 5, file feed cassette 33 is provided for placing the file G that can comprise that plurality of sheets of paper is opened.The base terminal part of this document feed cassette 33 is connected in main body 2 (for example top of file transfer plate 23) by hinge 34.This hinge 34 can rotate file feed cassette 33 along fore-and-aft direction, makes this document feed cassette 33 freely open and close with respect to main body 2.That is to say that file feed cassette 33 can be around axis rotation, this axis is basically parallel to the plane of main body 2 placements and is substantially perpendicular to the file direction of transfer.File feed cassette 33 comprises first placement surface 33b (first placement part) and the second placement surface 33c (second placement part).Among this first placement surface 33b and the second placement surface 33c each is smooth basically.The boundary member 33a of file feed cassette 33 between this first placement surface 33b and the second placement surface 33c is crooked.This document feed cassette 33 between this first placement surface 33b and the second placement surface 33c along these placement surface mutually approaching direction form and have the obtuse angle (angle θ 3).The file feed cassette 33 that comprises the first placement surface 33b and the second placement surface 33c can form.
File feed cassette 33 selectively moves between horizontal level (second place) and stand up position (primary importance).As shown in Figure 4, when file feed cassette 33 was horizontal, this document feed cassette 33 covered the entire upper surface of this guidance panel 20, is arranged with file supply port 29 and cis 12 at this guidance panel 20.As Fig. 1 and shown in Figure 5, when file feed cassette 33 was in stand up position, file G can be placed on the file feed cassette 33.As a result, file feed cassette 33 can be carried out two kinds of functions: the function that is used to place the file placement unit of file G to be read; With when this equipment time spent not, be used to cover the function of dust guard of the upper surface of the upper surface of this document supply port 29 and guidance panel 20.As shown in Figure 5 and Figure 8, when file feed cassette 33 was horizontal, guidance panel 20 was covered by the first placement surface 33b, and file transfer plate 23 and file supply port 29 are covered by the second placement surface 33c.
Here, imaginary line S is assumed to the line of the mounting plane of placing by boundary member 33a and perpendicular to this main body 2.Angle θ 1 (first inferior horn) is assumed to when file feed cassette 33 is in stand up position, the corner that is formed by the first placement surface 33b and this imaginary line S.Angle θ 2 (second inferior horn) is assumed to when file feed cassette 33 is in stand up position, another corner that is formed by this imaginary line S and the second placement surface 33c.This first angle θ 1 is less than this second angle θ 2, and this second placement surface 33c is arranged in the plane that flushes substantially with the surface of file transfer plate 23.
According to this structure, first placement surface 33b promotion is inserted into the end of the file of this reading unit.Because the second placement surface 33c is arranged in the plane that flushes substantially with this document transfer plate 23, so file is directed to this document transfer plate 23 reposefully from this second placement surface 33c.
As shown in Figure 7 and Figure 8, what file feed cassette 33 was arranged to be positioned at when observing from the top with box lunch main body 2 stretches out zone (area), and no matter this document feed cassette 33 is in stand up position or horizontal level.
File output cassette 31 is by the transparent resin plate manufacturing.As shown in Figure 5, this document output cassette 31 can rotate up around the front portion of this main body 2, makes this document output cassette 31 to fold, so that be configured to be basically parallel to the upper surface of this guidance panel 20.Can use hinge 21 in order to rotate this document output cassette 31., can make file feed cassette 33 enter horizontal level, so that be basically parallel to the upper surface of this folding file output cassette 31 thereafter.The window 33d at the center by being arranged on file feed cassette 33 can observe the liquid crystal display 20b in this guidance panel 20.Can omit this window 33d.
In sectional view, file feed cassette 33 between this first placement surface 33b and the second placement surface 33c with angle θ 3 bendings.That is, in sectional view, file feed cassette 33 is at the place, centre position along the direction that is used to transmit file G, with obtuse angle (angle θ 3 is 120 ° to 145 ° or thereabout scope) bending.When observing main body 2 from the side, to compare with the rear surface of main body 2, the upper end that is in the file feed cassette 33 of stand up position is supposed towards the front.When file feed cassette 33 was in stand up position, this second placement surface 33c flushed substantially with file transfer plate 23.This first placement surface 33b is arranged in the back of this equipment with respect to this imaginary line S.
Even when file G be placed on the placement surface 33b of the file feed cassette 33 in the stand up position, when 33c is last, and when under the effect in himself weight of the mid portion of direction of the supply this document G of file G when crooked, this crooked mid portion does not contact the boundary member 33a of this document feed cassette 33.Therefore, compare with the file feed cassette that in sectional view, has protruding incision (carved) shape downwards, can reduce the resistance (resistance to sliding) in supplying with file G transport process, and need not on the placement surface of this document feed cassette 33, elongated rib to be set along the file direction of the supply.As shown in Figure 1, a pair of guide plate 35 that is used for the respective side edges of boot files G is arranged on file transfer plate 23 near file supply port 29.
Although in an embodiment, between the second placement surface 33c and file transfer plate 23, adopted " seamlessly transitting type ", also can adopt other structures, as long as the file that is read transmitted smoothly from the second placement surface 33c to file transfer plate 23 without any obstruction.For example, the surface of the surface of the second placement surface 33c and file transfer plate 23 can form special angle, be convenient to thus install, and formed angle can not hinder the level and smooth transmission of the file that will be read.On the other hand, in the second placement surface 33c and file transfer plate 23, one of them can have curved surfaces with boot files better, and satisfying the level and smooth transfer structure that file slides into the requirement of file transfer plate smoothly as long as the top edge of the lower limb of second placement surface and file transfer plate forms, all is acceptable.Certainly, the top edge of the lower limb of second placement surface and file transfer plate can contact with each other or separate
Receiver carriage 37 is arranged on the upper surface of this main body 2 form (on a side of the position that file feed cassette 33 is provided with) of the dimple in the side area.This receiver carriage 37 is admitted cordless headset (having the transceiver such as the action button of ten bond number word keyboards) with erectility.As shown in Figure 2, this receiver carriage 37 is arranged so that when observing this main body 2 from the side, compares with the file feed cassette 33 in being in stand up position, is arranged to forward (seeing Fig. 2 and Fig. 3) with the receiver 36 that erectility is placed in the receiver carriage 37.The battery charger (not shown) that is used for receiver 36 is arranged on this receiver carriage 37.
The rear side of the upper surface of main body 2 forms towards the back downward-sloping.Size allows the paper of record cell 7 to transmit the position (with respect to position backward, the position that file feed cassette 33 is set) of the side direction center back of the upper surface that space (opening portion) that passage can observe from above is formed on this main body 2.As Fig. 5 and shown in Figure 9, the rear cover body 38 that is used to cover this space is articulated in main body 2 by the hinge 39 that is arranged on these rear cover body 38 tops.When in the paper transmission passage that is comprising this record cell 7 paperboard taking place, paper P can be removed.As Fig. 6 and shown in Figure 9, U-shaped shape paper supply channel part 9 also connects into and can dismantle from the back side of main body 2, thereby, make it possible to take out the paper (seeing Fig. 6 and Fig. 9) that has been stuck between paper feed roller 26 and the record cell 7.
In the holding state and mode of operation of facsimile machine 1,, to compare so that when upright as described in Figure 1 when promoting the file feed cassette 33 opened from the upper surface of guidance panel 20 with the rear surface of main body 2, the upper part of this document feed cassette 33 is towards the front (see figure 3).Therefore, even also can operate this facsimile machine 1 during near room wall when the rear surface of the main body 2 of this facsimile machine 1.
As mentioned above, with obtuse angle, and be about 70 ° of (see figure 5)s along the mid portion of this document feed cassette 33 of file direction of transfer with respect to the angle θ 4 of the horizontal plane (the first placement surface 33b) on the top of the file feed cassette 33 in the stand up position.When file was placed on this document feed cassette 33, because under the situation of the mid portion bending of himself weight file, the mid portion of this document bending did not contact the boundary member 33a in the upper surface of this document feed cassette 33.Therefore, reduce the resistance to sliding in file supply process, therefore prevent paperboard.In addition, when the upper surface of guidance panel 20 is covered by the linear segment (corresponding to the top of the file feed cassette 33 in the stand up position) of this document feed cassette 33 in the horizontal level, wherein this linear segment is downward-sloping forward, prevents space waste between this guidance panel 20 and this document feed cassette 33 as the boundary member 33a at the sweep of the pars intermedia office of this document feed cassette 33.
When observing main body 2 from the side, the file feed cassette 33 in the stand up position is located at the back of the receiver 36 that is in erectility.Therefore pick up a receiver 36 or when being placed on receiver 36 on the receiver carriage 37, user's finger is not interfered with the side surface of file feed cassette 33, so can operate receiver 36 reposefully from receiver carriage 37 as the user.

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1. image-reading device comprises:
Be placed on the main body on the predetermined plane;
Be arranged on the lip-deep guidance panel of this main body;
File supply dish, this document supply dish are movably and have placement surface that file is placed on this placement surface when this document supply dish is in primary importance between the primary importance and the second place;
Have the file transfer plate that transmits the surface, the file of supplying with from this document supply dish is directed along direction of transfer on this transmission surface; And
Reading unit, it reads from the image of the file of this document transfer plate guiding,
Wherein, the placement surface of this document supply dish comprises first placement part and second placement part, and the boundary between this first placement part and second placement part is with obtuse angle, and this second placement part is arranged on the downstream of first placement part along direction of transfer
Wherein, when this document supply dish is in primary importance, the top edge of the lower limb of this second placement part and this document transfer plate forms and seamlessly transits, so that the file of supplying with from this document supply dish can be transported to this document transfer plate from this second placement part smoothly, and
Wherein, when this document supply dish was in the second place, this first placement part covered at least a portion of this guidance panel.
2. image-reading device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when this document supply dish was in primary importance, this second placement part was positioned at the transmission flush with this document transfer plate.
3. image-reading device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when this document supply dish was in primary importance, this first placement part extended from this border along the direction of leaving this predetermined plane.
4. image-reading device as claimed in claim 3, wherein when this document supply dish is in primary importance, first inferior angle that forms by this first placement part with perpendicular to the vertical line of this predetermined plane is less than second inferior angle that is formed by this vertical line and this second placement part.
5. image-reading device as claimed in claim 4, wherein when this document supply dish was in the second place, this second placement part covered at least a portion of this document transfer plate.
6. image-reading device as claimed in claim 4, wherein this document supply dish can be around being parallel to this predetermined plane and perpendicular to the rotation of the axis of this direction of transfer.
7. image-reading device as claimed in claim 4 forms comprising this document supply dish of first placement part and second placement part.
8. image-reading device as claimed in claim 4, wherein, when this document supply dish was in the second place, this first placement part was arranged to be parallel to this guidance panel.
9. image-reading device as claimed in claim 4, wherein each in this first placement part and second placement part is flat.
10. image-reading device as claimed in claim 4,
Wherein this guidance panel be arranged to downward-sloping forward,
This document supply dish that wherein is in primary importance is positioned at the back of this guidance panel.
11. an imaging device comprises:
Be placed on the main body on the predetermined plane;
Be arranged on the lip-deep guidance panel of this main body;
The recording medium feed unit, this recording medium feed unit is arranged on this lower body part, and isolates a recording medium from a plurality of recording mediums of placing with stack manner at every turn;
Transmission passage with U-shaped shape part cross section is to transmit the recording medium of supplying with from this recording medium feed unit;
Record cell, this record cell is recorded in image from the recording medium of this transmission channel transfer;
Be used to export output from the recording medium of this record cell transmission; And
Be arranged on the image-reading device of this record cell top,
Wherein this image-reading device comprises:
File supply dish, this document supply dish is movably between the primary importance and the second place, and has placement surface, file is placed on this placement surface when this document supply dish is in primary importance;
Have the file transfer plate that transmits the surface, the file of supplying with from this document supply dish is directed along direction of transfer on this transmission surface; And
Reading unit, this reading unit read from the image of the file of this document transfer plate guiding,
Wherein, the placement surface of this document supply dish comprises first placement part and second placement part, and the boundary between this first placement part and second placement part is with obtuse angle, and this second placement part is arranged on the downstream of first placement part along direction of transfer
Wherein, when this document supply dish is in primary importance, the top edge of the lower limb of this second placement part and this document transfer plate forms and seamlessly transits, so that the file of supplying with from this document supply dish can be transported to this document transfer plate from this second placement part smoothly, and
Wherein when this document supply dish was in the second place, this first placement part covered at least a portion of this guidance panel.
12. imaging device as claimed in claim 11, wherein when this document supply dish was in primary importance, this second placement part was positioned at the transmission flush with this document transfer plate.
13. imaging device as claimed in claim 11, wherein when this document supply dish was in primary importance, this first placement part extended from this border along the direction of leaving this predetermined plane.
14. imaging device as claimed in claim 13, wherein when this document supply dish is in primary importance, first inferior angle that forms by this first placement part with perpendicular to the vertical line of this predetermined plane is less than second inferior angle that is formed by this vertical line and this second placement part
15. imaging device as claimed in claim 14 also comprises the carriage on the upper surface that is arranged on this main body, is used for placing mobile phone with upright state,
Wherein in vertical view when the downstream along direction of transfer is defined as the front side, this carriage is arranged to locate this mobile phone so that in end view, when being positioned at primary importance to file supply dish, this document supply dish is positioned at the back on the top of this mobile phone.
16. an imaging device comprises:
Be placed on the main body on the predetermined plane;
Be arranged on the recording medium feed unit of this lower body part, this recording medium feed unit is isolated a recording medium at every turn from a plurality of recording mediums of placing with stack manner;
Transmission passage with U-shaped cross-sectional shape part is to transmit the recording medium of supplying with from this recording medium feed unit;
Image is recorded in record cell from the recording medium of this transmission channel transfer;
Be used for along the output of first direction of transfer output from the recording medium of this record cell transmission;
Be arranged on this record cell top and along the file transfer plate of the second direction of transfer boot files;
Read from the reading unit of the image of this document of this document transfer plate guiding;
Be arranged on the operation panel unit of this reading unit top; And
Be arranged on the file supply dish on this main body upper surface, this document supply dish is supplied with the file intake that is formed between file transfer plate and this guidance panel with file,
Wherein this document supply dish is movably between the primary importance and the second place,
This document supply dish that wherein is in the second place covers this guidance panel upper surface and this document supply port of at least a portion,
Wherein when this document supply dish is in primary importance, this document supply dish is in the upright projection on the predetermined plane fully in the appearance profile in this main body,
Wherein this document supply dish has the placement surface that file is placed on it, and this placement surface has first placement part and second placement part, and this second placement part is arranged on the downstream of this first placement part along second direction of transfer, and
Wherein see it is crooked from the angle of cross section, so that form the obtuse angle between this first placement part and second placement part at the boundary of this placement surface between this first placement part and second placement part.
17. imaging device as claimed in claim 16 also comprises the carriage on the upper surface that is arranged on this main body, is used for placing mobile phone with upright state,
Wherein in vertical view when along passing second when sending the downstream of direction to be defined as the front side, this carriage is arranged to place the top of this mobile phone, in end view, when file supply dish was positioned at primary importance, this document supply dish was positioned at the back on the top of this mobile phone.
18. imaging device as claimed in claim 16, wherein when this document supply dish was in the second place, this second placement part covered at least a portion of this document transfer plate.
19. imaging device as claimed in claim 16, wherein this document is supplied with that coiling is parallel to this predetermined plane and is rotatable perpendicular to the axis of this direction of transfer.
20. imaging device as claimed in claim 16, wherein this document supply dish forms.
21. imaging device as claimed in claim 16, wherein, wherein when this document supply dish was in the second place, this first placement part was arranged to be parallel to this guidance panel.
22. imaging device as claimed in claim 16, wherein this first placement part and second placement part each be flat.
23. imaging device as claimed in claim 16,
Wherein this guidance panel be arranged to downward-sloping forward,
Wherein this document supply dish in this primary importance is positioned at the back of this guidance panel.
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