Patent ID: 8094346
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading apparatus comprising: an image pickup element that emits an electrical signal based on received light; a document table, on which a document is placed, the document table including a reading window for reading an image of the document; a document cover that is assembled onto the document table and is capable of covering the reading window; a base plate that has a substantially rectangular shape and includes a flat portion that opposes the reading window, the base plate being displaceable in a direction of separating from the document cover and a direction of approaching the document cover; a spring portion that is integrally formed with the base plate; and a document presser configured to press the document placed on the document table toward the reading window and includes an elastic member that is elastically deformable and is adhered to a reading window side of the base plate, wherein the document cover includes a first pressing portion that conveys force due to a weight of the document cover acting to press the spring portion toward the reading window when the document cover covers the reading window, wherein the base plate includes a penetrating hole that penetrates through the base plate, and wherein the document cover includes a second pressing portion that passes through the penetrating hole to contact the elastic member and conveys force due to the weight of the document cover acting to press the elastic member toward that reading window when the reading window is covered by the document cover.