Document processing device and document processing method

Abstract

There is provided a document processing device and a document processing method capable of aligning and loading documents being transported surely and at a high speed. The document processing device includes: a document inverting means (320) for inverting a transport direction of documents being transported; a first guiding means (400) that is provided in nearly the same direction as the transport direction positions document stacked layers when stacking documents inverted by the document inverting means (320); a second guiding means (345) that is provided to further tilt at a predetermined angle than orthogonal angle to the transport direction and capable of guiding the transported documents in the first guiding means direction, positions document stacked layers when stacking documents inverted by the document inverting means in conjunction with the first guiding means; and a holding means (330) for loading and holding the documents positioned and stacked by the first guiding means (400) and the second guiding means (345). The second guiding means (345) is constituted by a flat transported document abutting surface capable of making ends of the documents being transported slide down in a positioned state.

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