Patent ID: 7391544
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading apparatus comprising: an original resting member, on an upper surface of which an original is rested; a scanning unit which scans the original rested on said original resting member; a moving mechanism which moves said scanning unit in a predetermined direction along a lower surface of said original resting member; a regulating member which regulates a distance between said scanning unit and said original resting member by sliding on the lower surface of said original resting member when said scanning unit is moved in the predetermined direction by said moving mechanism; and a support member which supports the original resting member over a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction from a side of the lower surface of said original resting member in a vicinity of an end of said apparatus, wherein said support member is provided with a cutout which prevents said regulating member from coming into contact with said support member when said scanning unit is moved to the vicinity of said end along the lower surface of said original resting member by said moving mechanism.