Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet supply apparatus
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Application No.: US15466020Application Date: 2017-03-22
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Publication No.: US09938096B2Publication Date: 2018-04-10
- Inventor: Yohei Hashimoto , Yasuhiro Suzuki
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-Shi
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-Shi
- Agency: Burr & Brown, PLLC
- Priority: JP2016-064152 20160328
- Main IPC: B65H3/06
- IPC: B65H3/06 ; B65H3/44 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A sheet supply apparatus detachably attached to an image forming apparatus is configured to receive a drive force from the image apparatus to supply sheet to the image forming apparatus. The sheet supply apparatus includes a sheet supply tray, a sheet supply roller, a first transmission mechanism configured to transmit a drive force from the image forming apparatus to the sheet supply roller, a second transmission mechanism including an output member and configured to transmit a drive force supplied from the image forming apparatus to the output member, a clutch mechanism configured to intermittently transmit a drive force from the image forming apparatus to the second transmission mechanism, a latch member pivotable between a restriction position and an allowance position, a change cam, a sector gear, a rotational force applying member, an engaging member, a first engagement portion, a second engagement portion, and an electromagnetic solenoid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170275110A1 SHEET SUPPLY APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-09-28
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