Patent ID: 7385735

Claim:
A sheet transport apparatus comprising: supply means for successively supplying a plurality of sheets to a predetermined reading position; a platen glass plate provided in the predetermined reading position; a platen roller opposed to the platen glass plate; reading means opposed to the platen glass plate on a side opposite to the platen roller and adapted to perform exposure on a sheet on the platen glass plate to read an image on the sheet; and a white guide member opposed to the platen glass plate upstream of the platen roller in a transport direction, wherein a distance between the guide member and the platen glass plate is longer than a distance between the platen glass plate and a surface of the platen roller, wherein the guide member is provided in a position upstream of the platen roller in the transport direction, in which position the guide member is not in contact with the sheet when the reading means reads the image on the sheet, and wherein the predetermined reading position is provided upstream of a rotation center of the platen roller in the transport direction and downstream of the guide member in the transport direction.