Patent ID: 7841593

Claim:
A sheet transport apparatus comprising: a sheet supply tray for accommodating a plurality of sheets; a separation roll that separates out the sheets one by one by applying a transport resistance to the sheets transported from the sheet supply tray; a support body configured to rotatably support the separation roll such that the support body and the separation roll are detachable as one unit; a separation roll accommodation portion formed in a transport path along which the sheets are transported, and accommodating the support body supporting the separation roll such that the support body supporting the separation roll is detachable from a transport surface side of the transport path; a cover detachably provided at the separation roll accommodation portion and having an opening exposing a surface of the separation roll accommodated in the separation roll accommodation portion; and a pressing member that presses the separation roll to the sheet fed from the sheet supply tray and lifts up the cover from the transport path surface.