Patent ID: 8177128

Claim:
A processing device for a recording medium comprising: a path for transferring the recording medium; a frame including a first frame and a second frame, the first and second frames facing each other and sandwiching the path; a detector structured to detect presence of the recording medium traveling through the path, the detector being present at the path; and an imager structured to capture an image recorded on the recording medium, the imager being present at the path; wherein the detector is placed in the frame before the imager in a transfer direction of the recording medium, and the information processing device further comprises a neutralizing member structured to remove of static electricity charged in the recording medium, the neutralizing member being placed between the imager and the detector; wherein the imager comprises a cover made of an optically-transparent material, and one side of the cover is a scanning surface while an other side of the cover is an adhesive surface; and the neutralizing member is so placed as to be present at the path, being protruded further toward the path in comparison with the adhesive surface between the cover and the imager, and still being at a closer position in the path toward the first frame in comparison with the scanning surface.