Patent ID: 8797613

Claim:
An image reader, comprising: a document mount surface configured such that a document is to be placed thereon; a conveyor configured to convey one or more documents one by one successively; a reading unit configured to read one of an image from a document placed on the document mount surface and an image from a document being conveyed by the conveyor; and a cover portion configured to be movable between an uncovering position where the cover portion exposes the document mount surface and a covering position where the cover portion covers the document mount surface by pivoting about a first axis, the cover portion comprising: the conveyor; an operation portion configured to receive an input; and a movable member configured to be movable between an open position where the movable member functions as a document tray and a closed position where the movable member constitutes a part of an upper surface of the cover portion by pivoting about a second axis, wherein the second axis is disposed at one end of the movable member and the other end of the movable member is located in a position farther from the operation portion when the movable member is in the open position than when the movable member is in the closed position, and wherein the operation portion is disposed on the upper surface of the cover portion at a position in which the operation portion does not overlap with the movable member and the conveyor in an up-down direction and is spaced apart from an edge of the cover portion that is on the opposite side of the operation portion than the conveyor.