Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14061909Application Date: 2013-10-24
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Publication No.: US08840109B2Publication Date: 2014-09-23
- Inventor: Osamu Sato
- Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
- Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP
- Priority: JP2012-236471 20121026
- Main IPC: B65H5/02
- IPC: B65H5/02 ; B65H5/06 ; B65H3/44

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes first and second units including first and second feeding members respectively for feeding a medium, and a medium feeding path provided between the first and second units. The second unit is movable between a closing position where the medium feeding path is formed between the first unit and the second unit and an opening position where the second unit separates from the first unit to open the medium feeding path. The second feeding member has a second gear that meshes with a first gear of the first feeding member when the second unit is in the closing position. When the second unit moves to the closing position, a shift mechanism holds one of the first gear and the second gear at a retracted position where the first gear and the second gear do not mesh with each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140117613A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-05-01
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