摘要 |
Provided is an image reading apparatus including: a document holding section for holding a document; and a carriage which moves with respect to the document holding section, the carriage including: a rod-like light source for irradiating the document with light; a light source mounting base for supporting the light source; a housing provided with a sensor for reading image data of the document and the light source mounting base; and a reflection plate including: a reflection curved surface portion for partially surrounding the light source to collect light emitted from the light source toward the document holding section; and a light reducing portion for reducing an amount of light at a longitudinal center portion of the light source with respect to the document holding section.
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