Patent ID: 7406291

Claim:
An image reading apparatus comprising: a reading glass member on which a document is positioned; a reading unit, which reads the document placed on said reading glass member while being moved below said reading glass member in a first reading mode, and which reads the document fed past a reading position while said reading unit is stopped at said reading position in a second reading mode, a plate-like presser member configured to press the document against the reading glass member in the first reading mode; a transporting rotary member configured to feed the document past said reading position of said reading glass member in the second reading mode; and an openable and closable unit which is openable and closable relative to said reading glass member, and which holds said plate-like presser member and said transporting rotary member, wherein said plate-like presser member presses the document placed on said reading glass member against said reading glass member, and said transporting rotary member presses an edge of the document, the remainder of which is pressed by said plate-like presser member, against said reading glass member, while said reading unit reads the document placed on said reading glass member in the first reading mode, and wherein said plate-like presser member presses the document placed on said reading glass member against said reading glass member by a closing operation of said openable and closable unit before said transporting rotary member presses the document against the reading glass member, and thereafter said transporting rotary member presses the document, which has been pressed against the reading glass member by the plate-like presser member, against the reading glass member.