A display device is connected to the exterior of a document processing device. The display device includes a screen positioned to display in a first direction away from the exterior. Lights are connected to the display device. The lights are positioned to emit light in second direction toward the exterior of the document processing device. A processor is operatively connected to the display device and the lights. The processor is adapted to control the lights to emit corresponding lighting of a graphic item appearing on the screen.

A scanner is configured to include a rotating body at a bottom portion of an apparatus main body and to be switchable between a movable state in which the rotating body contacts an installation surface on which the apparatus main body is installed and the rotation of the rotating body enables the movement of the apparatus main body on the installation surface and an installation state in which a contact area of the bottom portion of the apparatus main body with respect to the installation surface is larger than the movable state and the apparatus main body is installed and used on the installation surface.

A scanner includes a reading section configured to read a medium being transported, a discharge roller pair configured to nip the medium read in the reading section by a first roller and a second roller and discharge the medium, and a rib disposed in a position overlapping the discharge roller pair in a medium transport direction, the rib protruding from the first roller side toward the second roller side out of the first roller and the second roller, the rib including a first rib disposed on one side in a width direction intersecting the medium transport direction with respect to the discharge roller pair and a second rib disposed on the opposite side of the first rib in the width direction with respect to the discharge roller pair.

A medium-discharging device includes: a device main body including a medium-discharging section that discharges a medium; a medium-receiving tray that receives the medium discharged by the medium-discharging section; and a pressing member that is configured to be attached to and detached from to the device main body and presses the medium discharged by the medium-discharging section against the medium-receiving tray in a state in which the pressing member is attached to the device main body, in which the pressing member is configured to switch, in the state in which the pressing member is attached to the device main body, between a first state in which the pressing member comes into contact with the medium-receiving tray and a second state in which the pressing member retreats upward so as to be apart from the medium-receiving tray.

A transport apparatus includes: an apparatus body; an opening and closing unit attached to the apparatus body so as to be openable and closable between a closed position where an upper surface of the apparatus body is covered and an open position where the upper surface of the apparatus body is exposed, the opening and closing unit including, inside the opening and closing unit, a transport path along which a target material is transported; a transport path member that has a transport path surface constituting a part of the transport path, is rotatably supported by the opening and closing unit at one end portion side of the transport path member, and is configured such that the transport path is opened when the other end portion side of the transport path member moves downward from the opening and closing unit; and a hook portion that is rotatably attached to the other end portion side of the transport path member, is configured to hold the transport path member in a closed state of the transport path, in a hooked state in which the hook portion is hooked on a hooked portion of the opening and closing unit, based on a force applied toward a first rotation direction along which the hook portion is hooked to the hooked portion, and is configured to rotate in a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction by coming into contact with the hooked portion while the transport path member is pushed upward by the upper surface of the apparatus body when the opening and closing unit is moved from the open position to the closed position in a non-hooked state in which the hook portion is not hooked on the hooked portion.

An hinge assembly for an image forming apparatus comprises a hinge case (102), an elastic member (104) disposed in the hinge case (102), a first sliding member (106) to engage with a first side of the elastic member (104), a second sliding member (108) to engage with a second side of the elastic member. Further, the hinge assembly may comprise a first hinge arm (110) to engage with the first sliding member (106) such that the first sliding member (106) may compressively engage with the elastic member (104) during rotation of the first hinge arm (110) relative to the hinge case (102). Furthermore, the hinge assembly may comprise a second hinge arm (112) to engage with the second sliding member (108) such that the second sliding member (108) may compressively engage with the elastic member (104) during rotation of the second hinge arm (112) relative to the hinge case (102). An image forming apparatus comprising the hinge assembly also is described. The hinge assembly can pivotally connect the scanner assembly and the cover member to the main body, and thereby enhancing the user experience and reducing the cost.

A medium conveying apparatus includes a conveying roller to convey a medium, a first magnet to generate a first magnetic force for attracting a magnetic material moving with the medium conveyed by the conveying roller, and a second magnet to generate a second magnetic force for attracting the magnetic material attracted to the first magnet.

A media scanner including an input tray, an output tray disposed above the input tray, a media feeder to advance media along a media path from the input tray to the output tray, an upper scanning device to generate a first scan line, and a lower scanning assembly. The upper scanning device is disposed to face downward to scan a first side of the media. The lower scanning assembly is disposed to face upward to scan a second side of the media. The media path extends from the input tray to below the upper scanning device, to above the lower scanning assembly, and to the output tray. The upper scanning device is disposed at an angle with respect to the media path to cause a front edge of the media advancing along the media path to contact the upper scanning device at or before the first scan line.

An image reading apparatus includes a document transport path along which a document is transported, a feeding roller that is provided on the document transport path and that feeds the document, and a reader that is provided downstream of the feeding roller in the document transport path and that reads the document, in which a main board on which electronic components are mounted, when viewed from a width direction, which is a direction intersecting a document transport direction, is disposed in a region between the document transport path and a feeding roller tangent line, which is a straight line parallel to the document transport path and which is in contact with the feeding roller at a position separated from the document transport path. In addition, the main board may be provided in an orientation along the document transport path.

An image acquisition device includes: a main body structure provided with an image acquisition means and at least two accommodating structures, the at least two accommodating structures including a first accommodating structure configured to place a first target object and a second accommodating structure configured to place a second target object, where the first accommodating structure is arranged at a first position of the main body structure, the first position satisfying the condition that the first target object placed on the first accommodating structure is located within acquisition area coverage of the image acquisition means; and the second accommodating structure is arranged at a second position of the main body structure, the second position satisfying the condition that the second target object placed on the second accommodating structure is located within the acquisition area coverage of the image acquisition means.