Patent ID: 7961363

Claim:
An image reading apparatus having an image reading unit mounted to be able to be reciprocated in the frame body of the apparatus and a contact glass sheet on which a manuscript sheet is placed to be scanned mounted on the frame body, wherein said frame body comprises a lower frame in which said image reading unit is accommodated to be able to be reciprocated in a longitudinal direction of the frame body, and an upper frame having an opening on the upper face thereof to be covered with said contact glass sheet, the contact glass sheet is attached to the upper frame with an adhesive member provided along a brim part of the opening to be covered by the contact glass sheet to be adhered to an undersurface of the upper frame, said upper and lower frames are assembled detachably with each other, the upper frame is provided with at least one contact glass removal aperture arranged to permit insertion of a glass removing tool for removing the contact glass sheet from the upper frame, the contact glass sheet is fixed to the upper frame by an adhesive member provided along a brim part of the opening to be covered with the contact glass sheet, and the at least one contact glass removal aperture is located on the upper frame at a location where the strip-shaped adhesive member is not present.