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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2000
Katsuro Motoe, Inashiki-gun, JP;
Mitsuru Takeno, Inashiki-gun, JP;
Masakazu Miyata, Inashiki-gun, JP;
Riso Kagaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In the multi-drum type rotary stencil printer adapted to drive a plurality of printing drums altogether in synchronization with one another by a common drive mechanism, when one of the printing drums is placed out of engagement with a printing, a degradation of ink is anticipated in the temporarily rested printing drum due to its excessive stirring during an idling rotation. In order to avoid such an ink degradation, a clutch is incorporated in a route of transmitting a driving force from the common drive mechanism to each of the printing drums, so that the transmission of the driving force through each of the route can be selectively interrupted.