Patent ID: 8757610

Claim:
An image reader comprising: a shaft; a roller mounted on the shaft, the roller being configured to rotate on the shaft and feed a sheet; a guide having an opening at which the roller is disposed; a first side plate disposed on one side of the guide in an axial direction of the shaft, wherein the first side plate comprises a frame portion and a first hole, wherein the frame portion comprises a first frame portion, a pair of second frame portions and a third frame portion, wherein the pair of second frame portions extends from the first frame portion in an extending direction perpendicular to the axial direction, wherein the third frame portion connects with the pair of second frame portions, wherein the first hole is entirely enclosed, in a radial direction of the first hole, by the first, second and third frame portions, and wherein the one side of the shaft is inserted into the first hole; a first bearing member fitted in the first hole, wherein the first bearing member comprises: a bearing portion configured to contact the first frame portion and configured such that one end of the shaft is rotatably held, the bearing portion comprising a flange and a cylindrical shaft inserting portion defining an insertion hole configured to receive insertion of the shaft, wherein the flange extends outwardly, in a radial direction of the cylindrical shaft inserting portion, and the flange is configured to contact the first frame portion from a side of the first side plate opposite to, in the axial direction, a side on which the guide is disposed; and an engaged portion extending in the extending direction from the flange, the engaged portion comprising an engagement portion configured to be engaged with the first side plate, wherein the engagement portion extends in the axial direction from the engaged portion such that the engagement portion is spaced apart from the bearing portion in the extending direction, a second side plate disposed on another side of the guide opposite to the one side of the guide in the axial direction of the shaft, wherein the second side plate has a second hole, wherein another end of the shaft, opposite the one end of the shaft in the axial direction, is inserted in the second hole; a second bearing member disposed at the second side plate, wherein the second bearing member is configured such that the other end of the shaft is rotatably held; and a reading unit configured to read an image of the sheet.