Patent ID: 7817314

Claim:
An image reading apparatus comprising: a document mounting table on which at least one document is to be mounted; a document cover disposed above the document mounting table and provided to be displaceable between a position in which the document mounting table is covered and a position in which the document mounting table is not covered; an automatic document feeder including a document tray being disposed above the document cover and being configured to mount at least one document, the automatic document feeder delivering the document mounted on the document tray and discharging the document to an upper surface of the document cover; a reading unit that reads an image on a surface of the document mounted on the document mounting table or an image located on a surface of the document delivered by the automatic document feeder; and a panel disposed on the document cover, the panel including an arrangement surface provided with a display portion that displays predetermined information or with an operating portion which can be operated by a user, wherein the panel includes a regulating surface which is different from the arrangement surface, the regulating surface being protruded from the upper surface of the document cover and which regulates a position of an end of the document discharged through the automatic document feeder.