Patent ID: 7646516

Claim:
An image reading apparatus for reading an image of a document, comprising: (a) a document feeding tray on which the document is placed; (b) a first document reading position at which a first face image of the document conveyed sheet by sheet from the document feeding tray, is read; (c) a document reverse tray on which the document having passed through the first document reading position is temporarily placed so that the document is reversed; (d) a second document reading position in which a second face image of the document having passed through the document reverse tray and having been reversed, is read; (e) an image reading unit which reads the image of the document; and (f) a moving member which moves the image reading unit to conform to each of the reading positions, when the document is read at the first document reading position or the second document reading position, wherein when reading of a one-sided document is carried out, the document reverse tray functions as a second document feeding tray, a first face image of a document that is ejected from the document reverse tray, is read at the second document reading position.