Image reading apparatus

An image reading apparatus comprising:

• a reading device which reads an image;
• a carriage of which a part is configured of a conductive material, and on which the reading device is loaded;
• a support shaft which is formed of a conductive material, which is grounded to a ground potential, and which supports the carriage to be slidable;
• and
• a conduction member which allows the conductive part of the carriage and the support shaft to be electrically conducted to each other,
• wherein the carriage includes a bearing section which is formed of a material having electric insulation properties,
• wherein the bearing section is supported by the support shaft in a state of abutting against the support shaft from one side of the support shaft in a direction intersecting with a shaft line of the support shaft,
• wherein the conduction member is fixed to the carriage, and abuts against the support shaft from a side opposite to the one side of the support shaft,
• wherein the bearing section abuts against two locations at a circumference of the support shaft, and
• wherein the conduction member abuts against one location at the circumference of the support shaft.