Document transporting device and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a document transporting device comprising:
• a document accommodating section in which a document is accommodated;
• a transporting mechanism configured to transport the document accommodated in the document accommodating section along a transporting path;
• a document discharge section to which the document transported in the transporting path by the transporting mechanism is discharged;
• a protruding portion that is formed in a center portion of the document discharge section in a longitudinal direction of a discharge port, and that extends in a discharge direction of the discharged document, the discharge direction of the document being substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the discharge port;
• and
• a holding member comprising:
• an attach portion that is attached at an upper side of the discharge port from which the document is discharged to the document discharge section;
• and
• a holding portion configured to hold down the document discharged on the document discharge section from above;
• wherein:
• the holding portion is integrally formed with the attach portion, and
• the holding portion is disposed so as to contact at least end portions of the document and a center portion of the document in the longitudinal direction of the discharge port,
• a document reading section that reads image information of the document transported by the transporting mechanism of the document transporting device;
• and
• an image forming section that forms an image on a recording medium based on the image information read by the document reading section,
• wherein the attach portion extends in the longitudinal direction of the discharge port such that the attach portion has a length substantially the same as a length of the discharge port in the longitudinal direction of the discharge port, and
• wherein the holding member, that is configured to include the holding portion disposed so as to contact the at least end portions of the document, and the attach portion, is a single piece member.