| 主权项 |
1. An image reading apparatus comprising:
a conveyor configured to convey a sheet along a predetermined conveyance path; a platen; a sheet pressing member, which has a shape extending in a width direction perpendicular to both of a sheet conveyance direction of the conveyor and a sheet thickness direction and which is disposed at a position facing the platen with interposing the conveyance path therebetween to contact the sheet conveyed by the conveyor when the sheet passes between the sheet pressing member and the platen; a biasing member configured to bias the sheet pressing member toward the platen; and a reading unit configured to read the image of the sheet at a predetermined reading position, through the platen, when the sheet conveyed by the conveyor passes between the platen and the sheet pressing member, wherein the sheet pressing member is made of a resin member, wherein spacers are provided on both end portions of the sheet pressing member in the width direction, wherein each of the spacers protrudes toward the platen, a tip end of the spacer in a protrusion direction of the spacer contacting the platen at positions out of a reading range of the reading unit in the width direction to secure a gap between the sheet pressing member and the platen, and wherein a protruding portion is provided on the central portion of the sheet pressing member in the width direction. |
