Patent ID: 9160880
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading apparatus configured to read an image of a manuscript, the apparatus comprising: a contact glass which is provided at an upper surface of a main body of the apparatus to set the manuscript thereon; an image sensor which is positioned below the contact glass and which has a reading surface on a contact glass side configured to read the image from the manuscript on the contact glass, the image sensor having a lower surface opposite to the reading surface; a carriage which has a sensor container having a recess open to the contact glass side and which supports the image sensor accommodated in the sensor container; a rail member which extends in a first direction parallel to the contact glass and which slidably supports the carriage; a protruding portion protruding relative to the image sensor in the first direction; and a biasing member which biases the image sensor to the contact glass side via the protruding portion, wherein an upper end of the biasing member is positioned below the contact glass and above the lower surface of the image sensor.