Patent ID: 8908233

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a main body comprising a first image processing unit; a cover configured to be movable between a first position, in which a top of the main body is covered, and a second position, in which the top of the main body is exposed; a supporting member configured to support the cover in a state where the cover is rotatable to the first position and the second position, and the supporting member configured to vertically move with respect to the main body so that a rotation center of the cover is moved between an ascent position and a descent position; and a cam configured to rotate together with the cover such that a cam surface, whose distance from the rotation center of the cover varies according to a rotation angle of the cam, abuts the main body, thereby vertically moving the supporting member with respect to the main body, wherein the cam has a shape to displace the rotation center of the cover to the descent position when the cover rotates to the first position and to displace the rotation center of the cover to the ascent position when the cover rotates to the second position so that interference of the cover is suppressed.