A handle mounted to a shaft with a fixing member has a first surface that comes in contact with the shaft and receives an operation force applied to the handle and a second surface in which the fixing member is arranged.

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion to form an image on a sheet, a tray on which sheets to be fed are stacked, and a swing member supported by the tray and configured to swing in a case where the swing member is pushed by a discharged sheet. A stacking portion includes a first surface on an upper portion of a first portion, and a moving member in contact with the discharged sheet. The moving member can be positioned at a position downstream of the first surface in the discharge direction, wherein the swing member overlaps with the first surface as viewed in the sheet width direction in a case where the swing member is not in contact with a discharged sheet, and the swing member is arranged such that a lower end of the swing member is not in contact with the stacking portion.

An image reading apparatus includes a main body, a cover, a reading unit, a cable, and a shield member. The cover pivots with respect to the main body and move between a first closed position and a first open position. The reading unit pivots with respect to the main body and reads an image of a sheet conveyed in the conveyance path. The cable bridges between the main body and the reading unit and configured to transmit an image signal from the reading unit. The cable includes an exposed portion located between the main body and the reading unit and exposed to an outside of the main body and the reading unit when the cover is located in the first open position. The shield member has conductivity, grounded, and disposed to cover the exposed portion of the cable.

An image reading apparatus includes a document bed on which a document is placed, an automatic document feeder (an example of an opening/closing member) configured to be opened/closed with respect to the document bed, a rotational supporting section provided at one end of the document bed and rotatably supporting the automatic document feeder with respect to the document bed, and a height adjustment mechanism that adjusts the height of the automatic document feeder relative to the document bed. The rotational supporting section has a holding section fixed to the document bed and a rotary fulcrum section attached to the holding section and being movable in the up-down direction relative to the holding section. The height adjustment mechanism adjusts the height of the rotary fulcrum section relative to the holding section to adjust the height of the automatic document feeder relative to the document bed and overlaps the holding section and the rotary fulcrum section in the vertical direction.

A hinge for a cover of an image forming apparatus has a hinge housing to be movably positioned into an opening in a body of the image forming apparatus, a hinge cam to couple to the cover and to pivotably couple to the hinge housing to support pivoting of the cover.

A document reader includes: a scanner unit; an ADF; a hinge that connects the scanner unit and the ADF in a way that the ADF is openable from and closable to the scanner unit by turning around a turn shaft of the hinge; and a positioning mechanism. The hinge includes a pressing member that holds the ADF open, and is arranged on a back side of the scanner unit with the turn shaft located above the pressing member. The positioning mechanism includes: a projecting portion located below the turn shaft, and formed on a surface of the hinge intersecting an axial direction of the turn shaft; a slit formed in the scanner unit, and brought into engagement with the projecting portion; and an adjusting screw that presses a lower part of the hinge from the back side of the scanner unit.

An image reading device includes a rotating magnet unit (42) that rotates in interlock with opening and closing of a document pressing unit (2) and has a magnetic pole of an N pole and a magnetic pole of a S pole disposed at different phase positions in a rotation direction, a magnetic sensor (43) having a magnetic detection part (43a) that is installed in a reading unit or a movable body moving in a sub-scanning direction in interlock with the reading unit, and faces a peripheral surface of the rotating magnet unit (42) only when the reading unit is in a predetermined home position, and a determination unit that determines an opening and closing state of the document pressing unit (2) and determines whether the reading unit is in the predetermined home position on the basis of an output signal from the magnetic sensor (43).

A covering structure for cable adaptable for connecting between a first and a second electronic modules that are electrically connected via a cable. When the first electronic module is pivoted relative to the second electronic module to be opened, a portion of the cable is exposed outside the first and the second electronic modules. The covering structure for cable includes a cover, a first shaft, and a second shaft. The first shaft is disposed on one side of the cover and pivoted to the first electronic module; the second shaft is disposed on an opposite side of the cover and pivoted to the second electronic module. The first electronic module is opened/closed relative to the second electronic module and drives the cover such that the cover covers a portion of the cable that is exposed outside the first and the second electronic modules when being opened.

An image reading device includes a first image reading unit to read an image of a medium placed on a placement portion, a cover unit, and a hinge portion. The cover unit is rotatable in a first direction from a first position to cover the placement portion toward a second position and in a second direction from the second position toward the first position. The hinge portion has a first opening provided on a placement portion side, a second opening provided on a cover unit side, a first space in which a first cable extending from the first opening toward the second opening is disposed, and a second space that is adjacent to the first space via a partition portion and in which a second cable extending from the first opening toward the second opening is disposed. The first space extends in the first direction near the first opening.

An image reading device includes a first image reading unit to read an image of a medium placed on a placement portion, a cover unit, and a hinge portion. The cover unit is rotatable in a first direction from a first position to cover the placement portion toward a second position and in a second direction from the second position toward the first position. The hinge portion has a first opening provided on a placement portion side, a second opening provided on a cover unit side, a first space in which a first cable extending from the first opening toward the second opening is disposed, and a second space that is adjacent to the first space via a partition portion and in which a second cable extending from the first opening toward the second opening is disposed. The first space extends in the first direction near the first opening.