Patent ID: 6930805

Claim:
An image reading apparatus comprising: a main body; an original feeding unit mounted on said main body; first reading means for reading a lower face of an original, said first reading means being located in said main body below a path along which an original is fed by said original feeding means; and second reading means for reading an upper face of the original, said second reading means being located in said original feeding unit, wherein said second reading means includes a light source and a reading member for reading image light from the original irradiated by said light source, said reading member being spaced from a vertical line passing through said light source, wherein said original feeding unit includes a cover for covering said second reading means, a first portion of said cover being disposed over said reading member and a second portion of said cover being disposed over said light source at a level higher than said first portion thereof, and wherein said second cover portion has an opening therein for exhaust of hot air.