Medium discharge device and image reading apparatus
A medium discharge device includes a discharge roller pair that is provided with a discharge driving roller and a discharge driven roller which drivably rotates in contact with the discharge driving roller, and a medium receiving tray which receives the medium that is fed and discharged by the discharge roller pair, in which the medium receiving tray includes a guide member which guides such that a tip end of the medium which is discharged from the discharge roller pair enters the medium mounting surface at a predetermined angle, and the guide member is provided to be elastically displaceable in an advancing and retreating direction with respect to the medium mounting surface of the medium receiving tray and is displaced in a direction coming close to the medium mounting surface according to raising of a pressing load due to the medium that is discharged to the medium receiving tray.
1. An image reading apparatus comprising:
a document support section for placing a document in an inclined position;
a feeding roller for feeding the document obliquely downward;
a reading section for reading the document fed from the feeding roller;
a discharge roller that discharges the read document in a first direction;
a discharge tray that receives the document discharged from the discharge roller; and
a plurality of guide members that are provided on the discharge tray;
wherein at least one of the guide members is provided on both sides in a second direction with respect to a center portion in the second direction which intersects with the first direction,
wherein each guide member has a tip end, a base end provided downstream of the tip end in the first direction and an inclined portion, provided between the base end and the tip end, which guides the discharged document,
wherein the tip end is configured to be displaceable in a vertical direction and is provided at the highest portion of the guide member in the vertical direction, and
wherein the inclined portion includes a first inclined portion and a second inclined portion whose inclines are different.
2. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each guide member is biased by a spring and displaced by a force of the discharged document being received by the discharge tray.
3. The image reading apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein each guide member is formed of a non-elastic member.
4. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of ribs extending in the document first direction are formed in the discharge tray, and each guide member is formed between the ribs.
5. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the discharge tray has a wall portion projecting upward from an end portion of the discharge tray.
6. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each guide member has the tip end as a free end.
7. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the base end is attached to the discharge tray and the tip end is displaceable.
8. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second inclined portion is provided in between the discharge roller and the first inclined portion in the first direction and wherein the document which is fed from the discharge roller lands on the first inclined portion.