Patent ID: 7623275

Claim:
An image-reading apparatus, comprising: an image-reading section configured to read an image of an original; an original-transporting section configured to transport the original to the image-reading section in an original-transporting direction and capable of opening and closing relative to the image-reading section; a light source provided in the image-reading section and configured to illuminate light onto the original, the light source extending in a direction intersecting with the original-transporting direction; an original-transporting rotor configured to transport the original to the image-reading section after correcting skew of the original by making a loop of the original, the rotor being supported by the original-transporting section so as to make a variable angle with the light source; and position-regulating members provided in the image-reading section and configured to position the original-transporting rotor when the original-transporting section is closed, wherein, when the original-transporting section is closed, the position-regulating members positions the original-transporting rotor such that the angle made by the original-transporting rotor and the light source is variable.