Patent ID: 7920301

Claim:
A read device comprising: a read part that reads information recorded on a medium being carried in a given reading position; a first regulating member, disposed more upstream in a carry direction of the medium than the reading position, that regulates a position of one surface, which is read by the read part, of the medium being carried; and a second regulating member, disposed more downstream in the carry direction of the medium than the reading position, that regulates a position of the other surface, which is not read by the read part, of the medium being carried, wherein the second regulating member includes a curved portion and a horizontal portion which is substantially parallel to the carry direction of the medium, the curved portion is disposed more upstream in the carry direction of the medium than the horizontal portion, and the curved portion extends from an upstream side of the carry direction to a downstream side of the carry direction so as to gradually approach to a locus of the medium being conveyed.