Image reading apparatus and recording apparatus

An image reading apparatus comprising:

• a platen on which a document is placed;
• a reading section that has a shape extending along a first axis and is configured to read the document placed at the platen by moving along a second axis crossing the first axis;
• a drive unit including a motor that is a power source for moving the reading section and a driving pulley driven by the motor;
• a plurality of driven pulleys configured to be driven to rotate;
• an endless belt wound around the driving pulley and the plurality of driven pulleys and configured to pull the reading section in accordance with rotation of the motor;
• a case configured to constitute a base body of the apparatus and including a housing recess configured to house the drive unit;
• and
• a flexible flat cable curved to form a turn-around region between a first holding region provided to the case and a second holding region provided to the reading section, wherein the plurality of driven pulleys includes a first driven pulley, a second driven pulley, and a third driven pulley,
• a straight line connecting a center of a rotary shaft of the first driven pulley and a center of a rotary shaft of the second driven pulley extends along the first axis,
• one direction of directions along the first axis is defined as a first direction, an opposite direction to the first direction is defined as a second direction, one direction of directions along the second axis is defined as a third direction, an opposite direction to the third direction is defined as a fourth direction,
• the second driven pulley is located at the third direction side with respect to the first driven pulley from a viewpoint of the second axis,
• the third driven pulley is located at the first direction side with respect to the second driven pulley from a viewpoint of the first axis and is located at the fourth direction side with respect to the second driven pulley from the viewpoint of the second axis, and
• the drive unit is located at the first direction side with respect to the third driven pulley from the viewpoint of the first axis,
• the driving pulley is located at the fourth direction side with respect to the second driven pulley from the viewpoint of the second axis,
• at least a part of the drive unit is located at a position overlapping the reading section when viewed from a normal direction with respect to the platen when the reading section is located at an end portion in the third direction in a movement area,
• a section of the endless belt between the first driven pulley and the third driven pulley is defined as a first belt section,
• the first holding region, the second holding region, and the flexible flat cable are located at the first direction side with respect to the first belt section from the viewpoint of the first axis, and
• the turn-around region of the flexible flat cable is closest to the reading section when the reading section is located at an end portion in the third direction in the movement area, and
• the flexible flat cable and the drive unit overlap each other when viewed from the normal direction when the reading section is located in the end portion in the third direction in the movement area, and the overlap between the flexible flat cable and the drive unit is eliminated by the reading section moving in the fourth direction from the end portion in the third direction in the movement area.