JPH07312672A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To dispense with the provision of a sheet housing part in a laid down state inside a device main body and the provision of a sheet ejection tray in the laid down state outside the device main body by providing an erecting part on one side as the sheet housing part and an erecting part on the other side as a sheet receiving part. CONSTITUTION:A sheet cassette 3 and the sheet receiving part 16 form a pair of erecting parts, and a sheet route A formed in U-shape setting a part connecting guides 18 and 19 as the bottom and on which a sheet P is moved from the sheet cassette 3 to the sheet receiving part 16 is composed. In such a way, the sheet route A is formed in a U-shape provided with the bottom connecting the pair of erecting parts to the lower terminal of the pair of erecting parts. The erecting part on one side is set as the sheet cassette 3 which houses by erecting plural sheets of cut paper i.e., the sheet housing part, and the erecting part on the other side as the sheet receiving part 16 which receives the sheet on which image recording is performed, and the sheet P is housed in it. In this way, it is possible to dispense with the provision of the sheet housing part inside the device main body 1 in the laid down state, and also, the sheet ejection tray outside the device main body in the same state.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Facsimile machines, which are widely used as information communication means in offices and other places, have a paper accommodating section for accommodating paper inside the main body of the apparatus, and are taken out from the paper accommodating section. A paper path for moving and ejecting the ejected paper, an original path for feeding and conveying an original, and an image signal arriving from the outside by an electrophotographic method on the paper moved through the original path. An image forming apparatus and an image reading apparatus for reading an image of a document moved along a document path are provided. Conventionally, in this facsimile apparatus, cut sheets are used as a sheet, and a large number of sheets are stored in a sheet storage unit. There is a type to accommodate.

Conventionally, in this type of facsimile machine,
The paper path is provided horizontally, and the document path is independently provided in a space separated from the paper path.
FIG. 11 shows an example of this type of facsimile apparatus. That is, in FIG. 11, 101 is the apparatus main body and 10
Reference numeral 2 denotes a paper storage unit 102a for storing a large number of sheets of cut paper, and a paper path for moving and discharging the paper taken out from the paper storage unit 102a, and 103 for inserting and moving a document and discharging it. An original forming path, an image forming apparatus 104, and an image reading apparatus 105.

The image forming apparatus 104 employs an electrophotographic system, has an optical section, a developing section, a transfer section, and a fixing section, and records an image signal on a sheet moving along the sheet path 102. The image reading device 5 has a reading sensor and reads the content of the document moving on the document path 103.

The paper path 102 is provided horizontally as indicated by the solid line. Therefore, the sheet storage unit 102a is provided horizontally. After the image signal is recorded, the paper is ejected from the apparatus main body 101 to the outside in the horizontal direction.
The paper output tray 106 that receives the discharged paper is provided in the apparatus main body 1
It is laid out on the outside of the room. Further, the document path 103 and the image reading device 105 located in contact with the document path 103 are provided in a space separate from the paper path 102.

If necessary, the paper and the original may be discharged in the direction shown by the broken line in the figure.

[0007]

However, such a conventional facsimile apparatus has the following problems. That is, in the conventional facsimile apparatus, since the paper path 102 is horizontal, the paper storage unit 102a is provided sideways, and the paper discharge tray 106 that receives the discharged paper is laterally extended outside the apparatus main body 101. Are provided. Therefore, a large installation space is required for installing the facsimile apparatus on the desk, and the space factor is very bad.

Further, since the document path 103 is provided separately from the paper path 102 in a separate space, the space for the document path 103 and the space for the paper path 102 are independent inside the apparatus main body 101. The size of the apparatus main body 101 is increased because it is necessary.

In this conventional example, the paper path 102 is also provided horizontally, and a plurality of originals are stacked and supplied to the original path 102 of the apparatus main body 101 one by one, and an image is read. Document discharge trays 108 for receiving documents discharged to the outside of the apparatus main body 101 are provided sideways.

As described above, in the conventional facsimile apparatus, the tray is provided outside the apparatus main body in a laid state, and the apparatus main body is large. Therefore, a large installation space is required and the space factor is very bad. There was a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances. The tray is not provided outside the apparatus body in a lying state, a large installation space is not required, the space factor is good, and the apparatus body It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile device that can prevent an increase in size.

[0012]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus having a U-shape having an apparatus body, a pair of upright portions and a bottom portion connecting the lower ends of the pair of upright portions to each other. And one of the upright portions is a paper storage portion for vertically standing up and storing a plurality of sheets of cut paper, and the other upright portion is a paper receiving portion for receiving the paper on which image recording has been completed Forming a U-shape having a sheet path moved from a sheet portion to the sheet receiving section, a pair of upright portions and a bottom portion connecting the lower ends of the pair of upright portions to the apparatus main body with respect to the document path inward and outward directions. In combination, one standing portion serves as a document input portion and the other standing portion serves as a document receiving portion for receiving a document whose image has been read, and the document is fed from the document loading portion to the document receiving portion. A document path to be moved, an electrophotographic image recording device that is provided in a space inside the paper path in the main body of the apparatus and records an image on the paper sheet that moves through the paper path, and faces the document path. And a sensor for reading information written on the original.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile machine including a scanner having a scanner body detachably attached to the apparatus body and the sensor provided in the scanner body. To do.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the facsimile apparatus is characterized in that the document path is located outside the paper path.

[0015]

In the facsimile apparatus according to the invention of claim 1,
The paper path is U-shaped and has a pair of upright parts and a bottom connecting the lower ends of the pair of upright parts. The paper path is provided in the apparatus main body. Since the other paper receiving portion is the paper receiving portion and the other standing portion is the paper receiving portion for receiving the paper on which the image recording has been completed, it is not necessary to provide the paper storing portion inside the apparatus main body in a laid state, and It is not necessary to install the paper ejection tray outside the main body in a lying state.

The document path has a U-shape having a pair of upright portions and a bottom portion connecting the lower ends of the pair of upright portions, and is provided in the main body of the apparatus in combination with the paper path inward and outward, and one of the upright portions is provided. Part is a document input part for inputting a document, the other standing part is a document receiving part for receiving an image-read original, and the other standing part is a document receiving part for receiving an image-read original. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide the document supply tray inside the apparatus main body in a lying state, and it is not necessary to provide the document paper discharge tray outside the apparatus main body in a lying state.

Further, a U-shaped paper path and a U-shaped document path are provided in combination in the inner and outer directions of the apparatus main body, and the paper path and the document path can be provided in a common space. It is possible to reduce the size of the apparatus main body as compared with the case where the document path is provided in a separate space.

Therefore, the facsimile apparatus of the present invention does not require a large installation space on the desk, has a good space factor, and prevents the apparatus main body from becoming large.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the second aspect of the invention, the scanner reads the contents of the document moving on the document path by the sensor provided in the scanner body by mounting the scanner body on the apparatus body. By detaching the scanner main body from the apparatus main body and setting the scanner main body in a free state, the scanner can be used to read a document outside the facsimile apparatus, and the range of contents to be transmitted is expanded. For example, if the document to be transmitted is a thick book such as a dictionary that cannot be inserted inside the document path, or if it is a large-sized document, the contents described in the thick book or the large-sized document using a scanner. Read and send.

According to the facsimile machine of the invention of claim 3,
Since the document path is provided outside the apparatus main body with respect to the paper path, the scanner positioned in contact with the document path can be provided at a position that can be easily attached to and detached from the apparatus main body.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the original path and the paper path in the inside and outside directions of the apparatus main body of the original path and the paper path are not specified, the width of selection of the location of the scanner located in contact with the original path is selected. Is wide.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The facsimile apparatus of this embodiment is
It is a compound type device equipped with functions that can be used as a telephone, printer, or copier in addition to the facsimile function. In this embodiment, the paper path is on the outside and the document path is on the inside, and both paths are combined.

In FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, reference numeral 1 is the apparatus main body,
This has a height dimension and a depth dimension which are several times larger than the width dimension when the portion provided with the operation panel 2 to be described later is the front, and in a state where the paper cassette 3 is mounted as described later. The external appearance is configured to have a rectangular parallelepiped shape. The apparatus main body 1 includes an outer wall portion which is composed of outer walls 5 and 11 and whose upper portion is open, and an inner wall portion which is inside the outer wall portion and which is composed of inner sidewalls 6 and 13 and whose lower portion is open. Have

A cassette mounting portion 4 for detachably mounting the paper cassette 3 is formed on one side of the apparatus main body 1, for example, on the right side in FIGS. The cassette mounting portion 4 is formed between one outer wall 5 of the apparatus main body 1 and an inner side wall 6 which is formed inside the outer wall 5 in parallel with a space therebetween, and the front and upper surfaces are open. It is the created space.

The paper cassette 3 is a rectangular parallelepiped having a thickness smaller than that of the cassette mounting portion 4, and is used upright. The paper cassette 3 accommodates a plurality of cut-shaped paper sheets P each having a predetermined size in an upright manner, and the paper cassette 3 can be loaded therein with a part of the paper cassette 3. An exit 7 for feeding the paper P is formed.

As shown in FIG. 9, the paper cassette 3 is inserted into and withdrawn from the cassette mounting portion 4 through its open portion, and the projection 3a formed on one side in this side-by-side attachment state of the apparatus main body 1. It is adapted to engage the edge of the side wall 5.
A concave portion 3b for holding the paper cassette 3 is formed, and a detachable button 8 for locking the paper cassette 3 in the cassette mounting portion 4 when the paper cassette 3 is mounted in the cassette mounting portion 4 (see FIG. 5). Is provided.

In the cassette mounting portion 4, a space (a space outside the paper cassette 3) extending vertically is formed between the paper cassette 3 and the outer wall 5 with the paper cassette 3 mounted. This space is used as the document input section 9, so that the upper end of the outer wall 5 is inclined outward to form the document input port 10. A receiving piece 9a is formed at the lower end of the outer wall 5 to temporarily receive the input document.

On one side of the apparatus body 1, that is, on the left side in FIGS. 1 to 4, an outer wall 11, an intermediate wall 12, and an inner wall 13 are spaced from each other in the inner and outer directions of the apparatus body 1. Each of them is formed, and a space formed between the outer wall 11 and the intermediate wall 12 has an original receiving portion 1 extending in the vertical direction.
Therefore, the upper ends of the outer wall 11 and the intermediate wall 12 are inclined toward the outside to form the document discharge port 15. A receiving piece 14a for temporarily receiving the original is formed at the lower end of the intermediate wall 12.

The space formed between the intermediate wall 12 and the inner wall 13 serves as a paper receiving portion 16 extending in the vertical direction, so that the upper ends of the intermediate wall 12 and the inner wall 13 are inclined outward. And a sheet discharge port 17 is formed. A receiving piece 16a that temporarily receives the sheet is formed at the lower end of the inner wall 13.

A guide 18 is provided below the lower end of the paper cassette 3 to guide the paper from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction.
A guide 19 for guiding the paper from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction is provided below the lower end of the paper receiving portion 16. A guide 20 for guiding the document from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction is provided below the lower end of the document input unit 9, and a sheet is directed from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction below the lower end of the document receiving unit 14. A guide 21 for guiding is provided.

Here, the paper cassette 3 and the paper receiving portion 16
Is a pair of upright portions, and the portion connecting the guides 18 and 19 is a bottom portion to form a U shape, and a paper path A is formed for the paper P to move from the paper cassette 3 to the paper receiving portion 16.
Further, the document input portion 9 and the document receiving portion 14 form a pair of upright portions, and a U-shape having a bottom portion where the guides 20 and 21 are connected to each other. A document path through which the document is moved from the document input portion 9 to the document receiving portion 16. B is configured.

A delivery roller 22 is provided below the outlet 7 of the paper cassette 3, a conveyance roller 23 is provided between the guides 18 and 19, and a discharge roller 24 is provided below the receiving piece 16a of the paper receiving portion 16. Are provided respectively, and these rollers are rotated by a rotation drive mechanism (not shown). Further, a feeding roller 25 is provided below the receiving piece 9a of the document input section 9.
However, a conveyance roller 26 is provided between the guides 20 and 21, and a discharge roller 27 is provided below the receiving piece 14a of the document receiving portion 14, and these rollers are rotated by a rotation drive mechanism (not shown). It

An electrophotographic image forming apparatus 2 is provided in the space inside the sheet path A inside the apparatus main body 1.
8 is provided, and this device 28 records an image on a sheet passing through the bottom of the sheet path A. The image forming apparatus 28 has a configuration described below. That is, 29 is a photoconductor drum that is rotated by a rotation driving device (not shown), 30 is a charger that charges the surface of the photoconductor drum 29, and 31 is an electrostatic charge that exposes the surface of the photoconductor drum 29 based on an image signal. An exposure device for forming a latent image, a developing roller 32 for adhering toner to the surface of the photosensitive drum 29 to develop an electrostatic latent image to form a toner image, a toner box 33 for storing toner, and a developing roller 34. A transfer roller that transfers the toner image of 32 to the paper P, and a fixing roller 35 that fixes the toner image of the paper P.

Further, inside the paper path A of the apparatus main body 1, a circuit board 42 on which a predetermined circuit is formed, a transmission / reception section 43 for transmitting an image signal and a received image signal, and a power source section 44. Is provided. The transmitter / receiver 43 is connected to an external telephone line.

As shown in FIG. 1, a scanner mounting portion 36 is formed between the guide 21 and the discharge roller 27 so as to face the document path B in the apparatus main body 1. The scanner mounting portion 36 is of a groove shape formed along the depth direction over the back surface of the apparatus body 1 opposite to the operation panel 3, and both ends of the operation panel side and the back surface side are open. At the same time, it is opened toward the inside of the apparatus main body 1.

A scanner 37 is attached to the scanner mounting portion 36.
Is detachably attached. The scanner 37 is provided with a line sensor 39 inside an internal hollow rod-shaped scanner body 38 that can be fitted into the scanner mounting portion 36. The line sensor 39 has a length slightly shorter than the length of the scanner main body 38, and is exposed to the outside through a long hole 38a formed in one surface portion of the scanner main body 38 along the axial direction.

Further, a roller 40 is fitted in the hole formed in the elongated hole forming surface portion of the scanner body 38 along the axial direction of the scanner body 38 and is rotatably attached. Overhangs. The roller 40 contacts the document and rotates.

A cord 41 is connected to one end of the scanner body 38, and the cord 41 is connected to the apparatus body 1. The cord 41 is electrically connected to the line sensor 39 in the scanner body 38, and is electrically connected to the circuit board 42 described later in the apparatus body 1.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the scanner 37 is fitted into the scanner mounting portion 36 with one surface facing the line sensor 39 facing inward. As a result, one surface of the scanner 37 faces the document path B inside the apparatus main body 1.

The operation panel 2 of the apparatus main body 1 is provided with equipment necessary for use as a facsimile machine, a telephone, a printer, and a copying machine. That is,
A liquid crystal display device 46 for displaying information, a numeric keypad 47 used for facsimile and telephone input, a function key 48 for selecting a function, a start key 49 for starting driving of the device, a reset key 50, a microphone 51, and a speaker 52 are mounted. , CC used as a videophone
A D camera 53 is installed.

The main body 1 of the apparatus has a power switch 45,
An outlet 54 and a terminal 55 for connecting the facsimile apparatus to a separately provided computer are provided.

The operation of the facsimile apparatus thus configured will be described.

The case of transmitting a document will be described. The document to be transmitted is loaded from the document loading port 10 into the document loading portion 9 from the upper side downward. After being received by the receiving piece 9a, the document is unrolled by the unrolling roller 25 and guided in the horizontal direction by the guide 20, moved by the rotating conveying roller 26 with a moving force, and further guided by the guide 21 in the upward direction. The front side of the scanner 37 is moved.

Here, the sensor 39 of the scanner 37 reads the contents described in the document, and sends the information of the read contents to the circuit board 42. Further, this information is sent as an image signal from the transmitting / receiving section 43 to the external telephone line.

The document is received by the discharge roller 27 from the document receiving section 1
4 and is received by the receiving piece 14a. The document is taken out from the document discharge port 15. In this way, the document moves along the U-shaped document path B, and the contents are read in the process.

If the original document to be transmitted is described in a thick book such as a dictionary that cannot be inserted into the original document path B, or if it is a large format document, the scanner 37 is used as the device. It is detached from the scanner mounting portion 36 of the main body 1 so as to be free from the apparatus main body. Then, one side of the scanner 37 is brought into contact with the original to move the original, and the contents described in these thick books and large-sized documents are read. Since the scanner 37 is connected to the apparatus main body 1 by the cord 41, it can be moved freely.

As described above, the scanner 37 is attached to the apparatus main body 1 to read the contents of the original document moving on the original document path B. Further, by removing the scout 37 from the apparatus main body 1 and setting it in a free state with respect to the apparatus main body 1, the scanner 37 can be used for reading an original document outside the facsimile apparatus, and the range of contents to be transmitted is reduced. Expanding.

In the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment, since the original document path B is provided outside the apparatus main body 1 with respect to the paper path A, the scanner 37 located in contact with the original document path B is installed in the apparatus main body 1. On the other hand, it can be provided at a place where it can be easily attached and detached.

The case of recording the image signal coming from the telephone line on the paper P will be described. The incoming image signal is received by the transmitting / receiving section 43 and processed by the circuit of the circuit board 42. In the image forming apparatus 28, the exposure device 31 exposes the photosensitive drum 29 in accordance with the image signal to form an electrostatic latent image, and the developing roller 32 forms a toner image on the photosensitive drum 29.

The cut-shaped paper P stored in the paper cassette 3 is unwound from the unrolling roller 22 and guided by the guide 18.
Are guided in the horizontal direction by the rotating conveyance roller 23, and are moved by being given a moving force by the rotating conveyance roller 23 to pass between the photosensitive drum 29 and the transfer roller 34. Here, the toner image on the photosensitive drum 29 is transferred onto the paper P. Then paper P
Passes the fixing roller 35 to fix the toner image.

The sheet P is guided upward by the guide 19, moved to the sheet receiving portion 16 by the discharge roller 24, and received by the receiving piece 16a. Paper P is paper exit 1
Take out from 7. In this way, the paper P moves along the paper path A so as to form a U shape, and recording is performed in the process.

The paper path A can be used not only as a facsimile function by combining with the image forming apparatus but also as a copying machine or printer by connecting with a computer. For example, since the paper path A and the original path B are independent, the original can be moved along the original path B and transmitted, while the paper P can be moved along the paper path A and recording can be performed by a signal from the computer. it can.

In the above-described facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the paper path A has a U-shape having a pair of upright portions and a bottom portion connecting the lower ends of the pair of upright portions, and one of the upright portions has a plurality of cut sheets. A sheet cassette 3 for vertically holding a sheet of paper, that is, a sheet storage portion, and the other standing portion is a sheet receiving portion 16 for receiving the sheet after the image recording, and stores the sheet P. It is not necessary to provide the sheet storage section inside in a lying state, and it is not necessary to provide the sheet discharge tray outside the apparatus main body 1 in a lying state.

The document path B has a U-shape having a pair of upright portions and a bottom portion connecting the lower ends of the pair of upright portions, and is provided in combination with the paper path in the inner and outer directions of the apparatus main body 1 and one upright portion. A document receiving section 1 whose part is a document input section 9 and the other standing part receives a document whose image has been read
Therefore, it is not necessary to provide the document supply tray inside the apparatus main body 1 in a lying state, and it is not necessary to provide the document discharge tray outside the apparatus body 1 in a lying state. It is conceivable that a document is loaded from the upper side and moved horizontally, but this is also provided with the document discharge tray lying down.

Further, a U-shaped paper path A and a U-shaped original path B are provided in the main body of the apparatus! The paper path A and the document path B can be provided in a common space because the paper path A and the document path B are provided in combination, and the size of the apparatus main body 1 is smaller than that in the case where the paper path A and the document path B are provided in separate spaces. Can be realized.

Therefore, the facsimile apparatus of the present invention does not require a large installation space on the desk, has a good space factor, and can prevent the apparatus body 1 from becoming large.

In Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) No. 4-335655, a sheet of paper is inserted into the main body of the apparatus from above, an image is recorded by an electrophotographic method, and then the paper is discharged again above the main body of the apparatus.
Although the image forming apparatus is shown to have a letter-shaped paper path, this is merely a paper path is shown.
There is no disclosure of making the document path U-shaped, or combining the U-shaped paper path and the U-shaped document path inward and outward of the apparatus main body, and there is no description suggesting this.

Another embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, the paper path A is on the outside and the original path B is on the inside, and both paths are combined. 10, the same parts as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals. In FIG. 10, reference numeral 61 is a document input portion, 61a is a receiving piece, 62 is an original input opening, 63 is an original receiving portion, 63a is a receiving piece, 64 is an original output opening, and 65 and 6 are shown.
6 is a guide, 67 is a delivery roller, 68 is a discharge roller,
69 is a scanner mounting portion. Since the operation based on this configuration is the same as that of the above-described embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted. Also, in this embodiment, the effects of the present invention can be obtained as in the above-described embodiments.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the original path and the paper path in the inside and outside directions of the apparatus main body of the original path and the paper path are not specified, the selection range of the place where the scanner is provided in contact with the original path is wide. Therefore, the degree of freedom in design is high.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, but can be modified in various ways.

[0061]

As described above, according to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the apparatus can be installed without requiring a large installation space as compared with the conventional apparatus, the space factor is good, and the size of the apparatus main body is increased. Can be prevented.
Further, by detaching the scanner main body from the apparatus main body and setting it in a free state with respect to the apparatus main body, the scanner can be used for reading an original document outside the facsimile apparatus, and the range of contents to be transmitted is expanded. Further, since the document path is provided outside the apparatus main body with respect to the paper path, the scanner positioned in contact with the document path can be provided at a position that can be easily attached to and detached from the apparatus main body.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the facsimile apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is another side view showing the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a rear view showing the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view showing a facsimile apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an example of a conventional facsimile apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Device main body, 2 ... Operation panel, 3 ... Paper cassette, 9 ... Original input section, 14 ... Original receiving section, 17 ... Paper receiving section, 28 ... Image forming apparatus,
37 ... Scanner.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of sheets, each of which is provided in the apparatus body in a U-shape having a device body, a pair of upright portions and a bottom portion connecting the lower ends of the pair of upright portions, and one of the upstanding portions is cut paper. A paper path that serves as a paper storage section that holds the paper in an upright position, and the other upright section serves as a paper reception section that receives the image-recorded paper, and a paper path through which the paper is moved from the paper storage section to the paper reception section. A U-shape having a pair of upright portions and a bottom portion connecting the lower ends of the pair of upright portions is formed in combination with the document path in the inner and outer directions of the apparatus main body, and one of the upright portions serves as a document input portion. In addition, the other standing portion serves as a document receiving portion for receiving a document whose image has been read, and a document path through which the document is moved from the document input portion to the document receiving portion; An electrophotographic image recording device that is provided in a space inside the path and that records an image on the paper that moves in the paper path, and a sensor that is provided facing the document path and reads information described in the document. A facsimile machine comprising: 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a scanner having a scanner body detachably attached to the apparatus body and the sensor provided on the scanner body. . 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the document path is located outside the paper path.