Patent ID: 7518765

Claim:
An image reading apparatus comprising: a transport path through which a medium to be read is transported; an image reading section disposed in a middle of the transport path and reading an image formed on the medium to be read that is transported along the transport path; a cover member that covers the image reading section and the transport path; a pressing member that is pivotably supported on the cover member, thereby applying a pressing force to the transported medium to be read such that the transported medium to be read is pressed against the image reading section; a circuit board member which is disposed on the cover member, and on which a grounded electric circuit is formed; and a conductive member having a first spring disposed in a portion that is connected to the pressing member, the conductive member electrically connecting the pressing member to the electric circuit formed on the circuit board member through the first spring in order to ground the pressing member through the electric circuit; wherein the first spring supplies the pressing force that is applied to the pressing member to press the transported medium to be read.