US 7,512,374 B2
Document carrying device, document reading device, and image forming device
Yasuhiro Ono, Kyoto (Japan); Makoto Masuda, Nara (Japan); Sohichi Takata, Nara (Japan); and Hisashi Yamanaka, Nara (Japan)
Assigned to Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/565,365
PCT Filed Jul. 15, 2004, PCT No. PCT/JP2004/010114
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jan. 23, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2005/019075, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 03, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-279383 (JP), filed on Jul. 24, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0291929 A1, Dec. 28, 2006
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); B65H 5/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 399—367  [399/365; 358/498; 271/8.1] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A document transporting device, comprising:
a platen cover adapted to expose and cover a platen, the platen cover including an automatic document transporting section that has a document transport path formed thereinside for transporting an original document to the platen;
a document holder mounted on a mounting portion of a surface of the platen cover, the surface facing the platen when the platen is covered with the platen cover;
an exposing mechanism including a movable plate, the movable plate being disposed between the document transport path and an exposed area that is located at a lateral end of the mounting portion,
wherein the exposing mechanism is adapted to expose the document transport path through the exposed area by moving, away from the exposed area, the movable plate and a first portion of the document holder that is positioned on the exposed area,
wherein the mounting portion has an unfixed area that a second portion of the document holder faces but is not fixed to, and a fixed area that a third portion of the document holder faces and is fixed to, the exposed area and the fixed area sandwiching the unfixed area therebetween, and
wherein the document holder is supported in at least part of the exposed area by the movable plate and supported in at least part of the fixed area by the platen cover, and
wherein the second portion of the document holder is thinner than the first and third portions of the document holder in such a manner that the second portion of the document holder is more likely to be bended smoothly than the first and third portions of the document holder are.