Document transport assistance member and image processing device

A document transport assistance member used for an image processing device, the image processing device including:

• a first transport roller configured to transport a document;
• and
• a reading part configured to read image information of the document, which is transported, at a position upstream of the first transport roller in a transport path through which the document is transported,
• the document transport assistance member comprising:
• a cover sheet configured to cover a first surface of the document, the first surface being a surface to be read by the reading part;
• and
• a support sheet configured to cover a second surface of the document, the second surface being an opposite surface from the first surface,
• the document transport assistance member further comprising a first bonding part serving as a bonding part where the cover sheet and the support sheet are bonded together, the first bonding part being configured to bond a first end portion at a first direction side along a first axis, wherein
• a length between a leading end of the document transport assistance member and a rear end of the first bonding part is greater than a length between a reading position where the reading part is configured to read the document and a position of a first nipping part where the first transport roller performs nip on the document transport assistance member in the transport path, the leading end of the document transport assistance member being an end of the document transport assistance member at the first direction side, and the rear end of the first bonding part being an end of the first bonding part at a second direction side that is an opposite direction from the first direction.