READER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To limit the error of a distance from an original to reading means within a determined range.SOLUTION: A plurality of conveyance rolls 113 are arranged at an interval in the direction of a rotation axis O1 and rotated around the rotation axis O1 in a contact state with the first surface of the original, to convey the original. Reading means (12) reads an image from the original conveyed by the conveyance rolls 113. A guiding member 19 is provided so as to come into contact with the second surface opposite to the first surface of the original conveyed by the conveyance rolls 113 and guides the original along a conveyance path pt from the conveyance rolls 113 to the reading means. A contact member 117 is provided in a position where it does not come into contact with the conveyance rolls 113 and has a part overlapped with the conveyance rolls 113, when viewed along the rotation axis O1. The part comes into contact with the second surface of the original conveyed along the conveyance path pt, to push the original toward the rotation axis.