Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Conveyance apparatus and image recording apparatus
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Application No.: US14643273Application Date: 2015-03-10
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Publication No.: US09751706B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Yoshikazu Shimizu
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JP2014-046405 20140310
- Main IPC: B65H3/06
- IPC: B65H3/06 ; B65H3/44 ; B65H7/18

Abstract:
There is provided a conveyance apparatus including a drive source, a conveyance roller, a conveying gear, a switching gear being movable toward a first or second position, a switching section, a supporting section, a feeding section, a drive section, a first gear engaged with the switching gear at the first position, a second gear engaged with the switching gear at the second position, and a controller. A first load when the switching gear is at the first position is smaller than a second load when the switching gear is at the second position. The controller has a conveying mode in which the switching gear is at the second position, and after driving the drive source till the sheet reaches the conveyance roller from the supporting section, the controller drives the drive source upon letting the switching gear to be at the first position by driving the switching section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150251866A1 CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-09-10
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