Patent ID: 8724191

Claim:
An image reading apparatus, comprising: a lower unit; and an upper unit arranged on top of the lower unit and rotatably attached to the lower unit to rotate a front part thereof vertically via a rotatable part arranged on a rear side thereof, the upper unit accommodating readable devices configured to read images formed on a sheet, wherein the upper unit accommodates a first electric device and a second electric device; wherein the lower unit accommodates a controller configured to control the first electric device and the second electric device in a lower-frontward position with respect to the rotatable part; wherein the first electric device and the controller are connected with each other by a first flat cable, and the second electric device and the controller are connected with each other by a second flat cable; wherein the first flat cable comprises a first section, which is arranged to have a flat surface thereof to face an inner bottom of the upper unit and extends along the inner bottom of the upper unit; wherein the second flat cable comprises a second section, which is arranged to have a flat surface thereof to face a side wall of the upper unit and extends along the side wall; and wherein the first flat cable and the second flat cable comprise a third section, in which the flat surface of the first flat cable and the flat surface of the second flat cable are layered at least partially at the rear side of the upper unit and arranged around the rotatable part and extended toward the lower unit, and a fourth section, in which the first flat cable and the second flat cable are arranged to extend from a rear side of the lower unit toward the controller.