Patent ID: 7982926

Claim:
An image reading apparatus that conveys an original along a convey pass and reads an image of the original being conveyed, comprising: a guide member adapted to guide the original being conveyed, at least part of said guide member being transparent; an image reading unit adapted to read an image of the original being conveyed through said guide member; and an airflow generating unit adapted to generate airflow blown into the convey pass from a location upstream in a conveying direction compared to a location of said image reading unit, wherein said guide member has a convex portion disposed at a location upstream in the conveying direction compared to the location of said image reading unit, and wherein said guide member has a plurality of said convex portions arranged along the conveying direction, and a flat portion located between one of said convex portions and another one of said convex portions and substantially parallel with the convey pass, and said image reading unit reads the image of the original with light transmitted through said flat portion.