Image reading apparatus for bound media

An image reading apparatus for bound media, comprising:

• a placement table, on which a bound medium is placed;
• a first arm that is, at a first standby position, opposite to a bound portion of the bound medium, and is, in turning operation in which a turned medium of the bound medium turns over from one side to the other side in an opening direction of the bound medium, opposite to the other side of the turned medium;
• a second arm that does not overlap, at a second standby position, the bound medium as viewed in a vertical direction, and that is, in the turning operation, opposite to the one side of the turned medium;
• a lifting unit that lifts up, from the bound medium, an end portion of the turned medium before the turning, the end portion at the one side in the opening direction;
• a second arm moving mechanism that moves the second arm from the second standby position to a turning operation start position where the second arm is opposite to the first arm at the first standby position with the turned medium sandwiched between the first arm and the second arm, in a state where the turned medium has been lifted up from the bound medium;
• an arm moving mechanism that relatively moves, with respect to the turned medium, the first arm and the second arm sandwiching the turned medium and opposite to each other from the bound portion side of the turned medium until a distal end portion of the turned medium slips out therefrom, and that moves the turned medium to the other side of the bound portion as viewed in the vertical direction of the bound medium;
• a first imaging unit that is provided, in the first arm, oppositely to the turned medium in the turning operation, and that performs imaging of the other side of the turned medium;
• and
• a second imaging unit that is provided, in the second arm, oppositely to the turned medium in the turning operation, and that performs imaging of the one side of the turned medium.