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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1988
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A device for transporting documents includes a document transport path having a position for optically reading the document, a first pair of a transport roller and pinch a roller disposed in the transport path upstream from the reading position, and a second pair of a transport roller and a pinch roller disposed in the transport path downstream from the reading position, the transport path being defined by an upper guide plate and a lower guide plate, the transport path having two document contact portions provided respectively between the reading position and the first pair of rollers and between the reading position and the second pair of rollers for slidingly contacting the document during transport, the two document contact portions being formed by bending at least one of the upper and lower guide plates at an angle into the document transport path opposite a flat section of the opposing guide plate.