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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1994
Hideaki Kawakami, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Miyakawa, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuyuki Yokoi, Yokohama, JP;
Soichi Hiramatsu, Hachioji, JP;
Hideki Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Inoue, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Nojima, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Kida, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Iwasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a recording apparatus comprising a supply means for supplying a sheet in a predetermined direction, a convey means for conveying the sheet supplied by the supply means in a predetermined direction, a recording means for recording an image on the sheet conveyed by the convey means, in response to image information, a reversible drive means for driving the supply means and the convey means, and a drive transmitting means for transmitting a driving force from the drive means to the supply means or the convey means, and wherein the drive transmitting means comprises a plurality of planetary gears as means for rotating the supply means only in a sheet supplying direction regardless of a rotational direction of the convey means, and the planetary gears are revolved around gears having different speed reduction ratios from the drive means as sun gears, respectively. The present invention also provides a sheet supplying apparatus and a drive transmitting mechanism used with such a recording apparatus.