Patent ID: 9742940
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image reading apparatus, comprising: a flat-plate-like transparent plate on which an original is put; a scanning portion that is provided beneath the transparent plate and that scans the original being put on the transparent plate with movement thereof, the scanning portion reading an image from the original to output an image signal; and a signal cable that is belt-like and has one end connected to the scanning portion and another end that outputs at least the image signal being output from the scanning portion, wherein the signal cable is arranged such that a width direction thereof intersects with a plane of the transparent plate in at least a part of a length direction of the signal cable, and the scanning portion comprises a protruding portion including a first protruding portion that is extended toward an upstream side of a moving direction of the scanning portion in scanning the original and a second protruding portion that is extended from an end portion of the first protruding portion downwardly, wherein a part of an upper portion of the signal cable is arranged between the scanning portion and the second protruding portion.