Patent ID: 7170658
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading apparatus for reading an image on a sheet contained in an inclined sheet containing portion, and thereafter delivering the sheet, said image reading apparatus comprising: an image reading portion for reading the image on the sheet; a substantially horizontal delivery stacking portion for stacking the delivered sheet thereon; a vertically extending first sheet transporting path for transporting the sheet to said image reading portion; and a substantially horizontally extending second sheet transporting path for transporting the sheet on which the image has been read to said substantially horizontal delivery stacking portion, wherein said image reading portion is provided between said vertically extending first sheet transporting path and said substantially horizontally extending second sheet transporting path, and in said image reading portion, a transport direction of the sheet which has passed said first sheet transporting path is changed to a direction toward said second sheet transporting path, wherein said image reading portion is provided in a state that said image reading portion is inclined at an angle more getting toward a horizontal direction by a predetermined amount than an angle of said first sheet transporting path, and the transport direction of the sheet is changed on a surface containing a reading position of said image reading portion.