Image reading apparatus

An image reading apparatus comprising:

• a main body supporting portion placed on a placement surface of an apparatus;
• an apparatus main body supported by the main body supporting portion;
• a feeding roller feeding a document;
• a separation roller provided at a position facing the feeding roller;
• a reading portion reading the document that is fed by the feeding roller;
• and
• a read transporting path that is a document transporting path for transporting the document and that faces the reading portion, wherein
• the apparatus main body is rotatably attached to the main body supporting portion and is configured to be switched between a first posture and a second posture in which an angle formed by the read transporting path with the placement surface is smaller than that of the first posture by rotation of the apparatus main body,
• the image reading apparatus further comprises
• a separation switching section configured to switch between a separation state in which the separation roller separates the document and a non-separation state in which the separation roller does not separate the document, and
• the separation switching section puts the separation roller in the separation state when the apparatus main body is in the first posture and puts the separation roller in the non-separation state when the apparatus main body is in the second posture.