Patent ID: 8564857

Claim:
An image reading apparatus comprising: a main unit including: a control circuit board configured to perform controls; and a contact prevention mechanism; an openable unit configured to move between an open state and a closed state relative to the main unit, the openable unit including: a document tray configured to receive placement of a document thereon; a feeder configured to feed the document placed on the document tray along a feed path; and a first reading portion configured to read an image of a document; a second reading portion configured to read an image of a document; a first flexible flat cable configured to transmit an output signal of the first reading portion of the openable unit to the control circuit board of the main unit; and a second flexible flat cable configured to transmit an output signal of the second reading portion to the control circuit board of the main unit, wherein the control circuit board is configured to perform the controls based on the output signal of the first reading portion and the output signal of the second reading portion, wherein the first and second flexible flat cables each include an overlap section where the first and second flexible flat cables overlap each other in a direction of thickness of the first and second flexible flat cables, and wherein the contact prevention mechanism is configured to prevent the first flexible flat cable configured to transmit the output signal of the first reading portion of the openable unit to the control circuit board of the main unit and the second flexible flat cable configured to transmit the output unit of the second reading portion to the control circuit board of the main unit from contacting each other in the overlap section.