Patent ID: 7570400

Claim:
A document reading device configured to read an image of an original document placed on a document platen, comprising: a document tray for an original document to be stacked thereon; an output tray for receiving the original document that is output after an image thereof is read; a document transport path on which the original document is transported, the original transport path leading from the document tray through an image reading area to the output tray; a movable member that serves as part of a bottom surface of the document reading device, the movable member being supported pivotably around a pivot axis that is perpendicular to a document transport direction on the document transport path, and the movable member having a free end and a pivotal end; and a document holder that includes a flexible sheet, the document holder being positioned so as to extend over the whole length and breadth of the document platen, wherein the movable member is pivotable from a position to cover a portion of the document transport path to a position to expose the portion toward the document platen, and wherein the document holder is fixed at portions other than a portion that is positioned immediately below the pivot axis, to the bottom surface of the document reading device.