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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1996
Yoshinori Sugiura, Kawasaki, JP;
Jun Azuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobukazu Adachi, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Setoriyama, Toride, JP;
Chitose Tenpaku, Kawasaki, JP;
Noriyoshi Ishikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Tatsuo Hamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiro Tsuchiya, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Kubota, Tama, JP;
Yoshiya Nomura, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Kuroda, Yokohama, JP;
Ken Murooka, Toride, JP;
Takeshi Sugita, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Niimura, Musashino, JP;
Akira Yuza, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A gear unit usable with an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, the image forming apparatus including an image bearing member, an image fixing unit for fixing on a recording material a toner image formed on the image bearing member and transferred to the recording material from the image bearing member, and a feeder for feeding the recording material, the gear unit includes an image bearing member driving gear for transmitting a driving force to the image bearing member; fixing device driving gear for transmitting a driving force to the fixing unit; a feed drive gear for transmitting a driving force to the feeder: a supporting member for supporting the image bearing member driving gear, the image fixing device driving gear and the feed driving gear.