Patent ID: 11895278
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus body comprises a first unit that serves as a lower side of the reading transport path, a second unit openable and closable with respect to the first unit, the second unit serving as an upper side of the reading transport path, and a third unit rotatable with respect to both the first unit and the second unit, the third unit serving as a document transport path downstream of the reading transport path, wherein
the position of the center of gravity of the apparatus body in the apparatus depth direction is, regardless of the state of the third unit, located at a position closer than the shaft axis to the apparatus front when the apparatus body is in the first position, and located at a position closer than the shaft axis to the apparatus rear when the apparatus body is in the second position.