Patent ID: 8693065

Claim:
A case for a portable image reading apparatus, comprising: a body for housing the portable image reading apparatus that, while conveying a read medium as an image reading object, reads the image from the read medium; a cover supported with respect to the body to be rotatable around a longitudinal direction of the body; and a lock unit for locking the cover with respect to the body in a closing state in which the cover covers the body when the cover is rotated with respect to the body in an approaching direction in which the cover approaches the body, wherein when the cover is rotated with respect to the body in a withdrawing direction opposite to the approaching direction, with the lock by the lock unit released, the cover is developed to form a discharge path of the read medium, the body includes a partition that is supported such that the partition is rotatable around the longitudinal direction, and the partition partitions the body into a first housing unit holding the portable image reading apparatus and a second housing unit.