Patent ID: 7599104

Claim:
An image reading apparatus comprising: a transport path through which a medium to be read is transported, the transport path being inclined downwardly from an upstream side in a transportation direction to a downstream side; an image reading section which is disposed in the transport path which reads an image formed on the medium to be read that is transported along the transport path; a cover member which is disposed to cover the image reading section and the transport path, an outer surface of the cover member having an angularly bent portion that is bent to form an upstream portion and a downstream portion such that a downward inclination of the downstream portion is larger than a downward inclination of the upstream portion; a support member having a plate form, the support member disposed on a bottom face of the cover member and protruding toward the upstream side from a proximity of a position where the cover member is bent; and a pressing member having a second end supported by the support member to cause a first end to be contactable with and separable from the image reading section such that the pressing member may press the transported medium to be read against the image reading section.