Patent ID: 7800794

Claim:
An original transporting device comprising: an original placing portion on which an original is placed; an original discharging portion that is provided on a lower side of the original placing portion and on which the original is discharged; a first transport path that connects the original placing portion and the original discharging portion via a reading position; an opening portion provided on an upper side of the original placing portion to expose the original to outside the device; a switchback transport path formed continuously with the opening portion; a second transport path that is branched off from a downstream side of the reading position of the first transport path and is connected to the switchback transport path; a transporting unit provided at least on the first transport path and the switchback transport path to transport the original; a changeover unit that is disposed at a branching position between the first transport path and the second transport path, the changeover unit is capable of changing a transport route along which the original is transported to a route by way of the first transport path and is capable of changing the transport route to a route by way of the second transport path; a first detecting unit that detects the presence or absence of the original placed on the original placing portion; a first determining unit that determines whether or not the original, which is fed from the original placing portion into the first transport path, is a final page original based on a result of detection by the first detecting unit; and a controlling unit that controls the transporting unit and the changeover unit so as to discharge at least a portion of the final page original whose image has been read at the reading position to outside the device from the opening portion of the switchback transport path through the second transport path on condition that the original, which is fed to the first transport path, is determined by the first determining unit to be the final page original.