| 摘要 |
<p>A paper stacking apparatus for an image reading apparatus and an image reading apparatus with a paper stacking apparatus wherein paper sheets can be stacked appropriately to allow a large amount of paper sheets to be read rapidly at a time are disclosed. The paper stacking apparatus is designed to stack a paper sheet discharged from a paper transport mechanism of an image reading apparatus along which an optical image reading mechanism is disposed, and comprises a paper stacker including, at a bottom portion thereof, a stacker table for receiving thereon paper sheets discharged from the paper transport mechanism to stack the paper sheets, a paper stacker position variation mechanism for varying the position of the paper stacker, a paper discharge roller mechanism provided at a terminal end of the paper transport mechanism and having a projection extending into a paper transport path of the paper transport mechanism, and a paper trailing end guide mechanism disposed to extend into the paper stacker for guiding a trailing end of a paper sheet to be stacked into the paper stacker.</p> |
