Image reading apparatus

1. An image reading apparatus comprising:

a conveyor configured to convey a sheet in a conveying direction along a conveyance path;

a first reading unit configured to read an image of a first surface of the sheet conveyed by the conveyor;

a second reading unit configured to read an image of a second surface opposite to the first surface of the sheet conveyed by the conveyor, the second reading surface being provided at a position downstream with respect to the first reading unit in the conveying direction;

a first pressing member, which is made of a resin, is configured to face the first reading unit and to urge the sheet towards the first reading unit; and

a second pressing member, which is made of metal, is configured to face the second reading unit and to urge the sheet towards the second reading unit;

wherein the first reading unit faces the conveyance path from above,

wherein the first pressing member defines the conveyance path from below,

wherein the second reading unit faces the conveyance path from below, and

wherein the second pressing member defines the conveyance path from above.

2. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first pressing member has a flat surface facing the first reading unit and an inclined surface, which connects to an upstream end edge of the flat surface in the conveying direction and is inclined such that a distance between an upstream portion of the inclined surface and the conveyance path is larger than a distance between a downstream portion of the inclined surface and the conveyance path, and

wherein the inclined surface is formed with a plurality of through-holes.

3. An image reading apparatus comprising:

a conveyor configured to convey a sheet in a conveying direction along a conveyance path;

a first reading unit configured to read an of a first surface of the sheet conveyed by the conveyor;

a second reading unit configured to read an image of a second surface opposite to the first surface of the sheet conveyed by the conveyor, the second reading surface being provided at a position downstream with respect to the first reading unit in the conveying direction;

a first pressing member, which is made of a resin, is configured to face the first reading unit and to urge the sheet towards the first reading unit; and

a second pressing member, which is made of metal, is configured to face the second reading unit and to urge the sheet towards the second reading unit;

wherein the first pressing member has a flat surface facing the first reading unit and an inclined surface, which connects to an upstream end edge of the flat surface in the conveying direction and is inclined such that a distance between an upstream portion of the inclined surface and the conveyance path is larger than a distance between a downstream portion of the inclined surface and the conveyance path, and

wherein the inclined surface is formed with a first wall part extending in a longitudinal direction of the first pressing member and facing upstream in the conveying direction.

4. The image reading apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the inclined surface is formed with a plurality of first ribs arranged with having an interval in the longitudinal direction and extending in the conveying direction,

wherein a plurality of recess portions between the respective first ribs is recessed to be separated from the conveyance path, and

wherein the first wall part includes an inner wall surface of each of the plurality of recess portions facing upstream in the conveying direction.

5. The image reading apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the inclined surface is formed with a second rib extending in the longitudinal direction at an upstream side of the first wall part in the conveying direction and connecting to the respective first ribs, and

wherein a second wall part extending in the longitudinal direction and facing upstream in the conveying direction includes an inner wall surface of the second rib facing upstream in the conveying direction.

6. The image reading apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the inclined surface is formed with a plurality of third ribs arranged with having an interval in the longitudinal direction at an upstream side of the plurality of first ribs in the conveying direction,

wherein the third ribs extend in the conveying direction and connect to the second rib, and

wherein the respective first ribs are shifted relative to the respective third ribs in the longitudinal direction.

7. An image reading apparatus comprising:

a conveyor configured to convey a sheet in a conveying direction along a conveyance path;

a reading unit configured to read an image of the sheet conveyed by the conveyor, the reading unit facing the conveyance path from above; and

a pressing member, which is made of a resin, configured to face the reading unit from below and to form the conveyance path between the pressing member and the reading unit,

wherein the pressing member includes a flat surface facing the reading unit and an inclined surface, which connects to an upstream end edge of the flat surface in the conveying direction and is inclined such that a distance between an upstream portion of the inclined surface and the conveyance path is larger than a distance between a downstream portion of the inclined surface and the conveyance path, and

wherein the inclined surface is formed with a plurality of recess portions.

8. The image reading apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the recess portion is a through-hole.

9. The image reading apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the plurality of recess portions are linearly arranged to form at least two rows extending a longitudinal direction of the pressing member.