Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12732397Application Date: 2010-03-26
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Publication No.: US08244158B2Publication Date: 2012-08-14
- Inventor: Atsushi Miwa
- Applicant: Atsushi Miwa
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi-Ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi-Ken
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2009-130048 20090529
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
An apparatus includes: an image forming unit having a photosensitive drum; a motor configured to rotate forwardly and reversely; a discharging roller to which a driving force is transferred from the motor; an one way clutch configured to transfer the driving force to the photosensitive drum or block a transfer of the driving force; a returning roller returning the recording sheet drawn by the discharging roller; a rotation direction converting mechanism transmitting the driving force to the returning roller to rotate the returning roller in a certain direction; and a time lag mechanism including engaging portions with a gap therebetween, when the rotation direction of the motor being switched, each of the engaging portions being engaged with each other after a predetermined time, thereby delaying the transfer of the driving force from the motor to the returning roller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100303502A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-12-02
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