| 摘要 |
An image reading apparatus which enables the area occupied by the apparatus to be made small and can stably transport even a thick sheet having stiffness. A sheet P contained in an inclined sheet containing portion 3 is transported to image reading portions 8 and 9 by a vertically extending first sheet transporting path R 1 , and an image on the sheet P is read by the image reading portions 8 and 9 , and the sheet P on which the image has been read is delivered to a substantially horizontal delivery stacking portion 14 by a substantially horizontally extending second sheet transporting path R 2 . The image reading portion 9 is provided between the vertically extending first sheet transporting path R 1 and the substantially horizontally extending second sheet transporting path R 2 , and in the image reading portion 9 , the transport direction of the sheet P passed along the first sheet transporting path R 1 is changed to a direction toward the second sheet transporting path R 2.
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