Patent ID: 8885234

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an image recording portion including a first housing having a flat box shape and a pathway which is formed in the first housing and along which a recording medium is fed so that a first image is recorded on the recording medium; and an image reading portion configured to read a second image of a document on a reading surface, the image reading portion having a second housing, the second housing having a flat box shape, an external surface that constitutes the reading surface that is opposable to the first housing, and a lower end portion pivotally connected to the first housing such that an upper portion of the second housing is configured to open and close with respect to the first housing; and a holding mechanism configured to hold the second housing with respect to the first housing such that the reading surface of the second housing is inclined at a first predetermined angle with respect to a vertically extending external surface of the first housing, wherein an inlet into which the document is inserted is formed by the second housing and the vertically extending external surface of the first housing.