An image reading apparatus includes an original document platform, a reflection carriage, a wire, a pulley, a slide member, a projecting section and a guide section. A system employing the touch panel receives simultaneous inputs of a first button and a second button. Each pair of coating layers includes a first applied coating layer and a second applied coating layer. The receiving apparatus has a stop device which fixes the position of the frame in its parked position, with the result that said frame can be reached ergonomically by the machine operator. When the plunger is depressed, the anchor line can be extended andor retrieved.