Patent ID: 8104760
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An automatic document transport device comprising: a document stacker on which a document having a document image recorded thereon is stacked, the document stacker being supported so as to be movable between a stacking position and an open position, the stacking position being a position in which the document stacker allows the document to be stacked thereon, and the open position being a position in which a space below the document stacker with respect to a direction of gravity is opened; a document transport path connected to the document stacker and through which the document stacked on the document stacker is transported; a document feed member that feeds the document stacked on the document stacker to an image reading position at which the document image recorded on the document is read, the image reading position being preset on the document transport path; a document output section to which the document is output, the document output section being disposed downstream of the document transport path with respect to a document transport direction and below the document stacker with respect to the direction of gravity; a document output member disposed downstream of the image reading position with respect to the document transport direction, the document output member outputting the document whose document image has been read to the document output section, and the document output member including an upper output member and a lower output member, the upper output member being disposed above the document transport path with respect to the direction of gravity, and the lower output member facing the upper output member and being disposed below the document transport path with respect to the direction of gravity; and a shielding member disposed above a document output slot with respect to the direction of gravity, the document output slot being disposed at a downstream end of the document transport path with respect to the document transport direction, the shielding member being disposed between the document output member and the document output section with respect to the document transport direction, the shielding member including a first shielding portion and a second shielding portion, the first shielding portion extending upward and having a lower end with respect to the direction of gravity disposed above a region in which the upper output member and the lower output member contact each other with respect to the direction of gravity, the second shielding portion extending downstream with respect to the document transport direction from the lower end of the first shielding portion with respect to the direction of gravity, and the shielding member shielding the upper output member from a space between the document stacker and the document output section.