Patent ID: 7000915

Claim:
An original document processing apparatus comprising: a conveying roller which conveys an original document to an original document reading position; a pair of reverse-discharge rollers capable of rotating forward and reverse, and capable of separating from each other, which feeds the original document to said conveying roller by switchback, and discharging the original document conveyed from said conveying roller; a solenoid which contacts and separates the pair of reverse-discharge rollers from each other, and an electricity removal needle which removes electricity from the conveyed sheet; wherein the switchback serves to feed an original document from said pair of reverse-discharge rollers to the conveying roller; wherein said solenoid separates said pair of reverse-discharge rollers from each other during a start of the original document reading process after the original document is fed to said conveying roller by the switchback; and wherein the electricity removal needle is disposed at a downstream side in an original document discharging direction from a cross over position for a front edge of the original document and a rear edge of the original document in a case of conveying the original document having a maximum conveyable length by the switchback, and at a downstream side in the original document discharging direction of said pair of reverse-discharge rollers.