Image reader and image formation device including the same

TL;DR: In this paper, an image reader (120) reading a document includes a document reading section (90), a document table (92), and a document cover (121), where the document cover includes a reading document loading section (122) and a read document loading sections (123) at an upper part thereof, and the upper part of the document table is openable.

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image reader in which a document loaded to an image reader can be prevented from dropping and scattering, and to provide an image formation apparatus including the sameSOLUTION: An image reader (120) reading a document includes a document reading section (90), a document table (92), and a document cover (121), where the document cover (121) includes a reading document loading section (122) and a read document loading section (123) at an upper part thereof, and the upper part of the document table (92) is openable The image reader (120) is further provided with a document enrollment sensor (153) for detecting a document placed in an image reader (520), a document cover locking mechanism (130) for regulating the open and close operation of the document cover (121), and a document cover locking control function (1501) as a mechanism of the control section (150)