The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2004
Nobuyuki Mizushima, Nagano, JP;
Shigeo Fujita, Nagano, JP;
Kuniaki Tanaka, Nagano, JP;
Hiroshi Miyazawa, Nagano, JP;
Nobuyuki Mizushima, Nagano, JP;
Shigeo Fujita, Nagano, JP;
Kuniaki Tanaka, Nagano, JP;
Hiroshi Miyazawa, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus, includes an image bearing member having an endless belt shape, on which a toner image is formed, and the image bearing member, a drive roller, which rotates the image bearing member laid around the drive roller, a drive gear, which is connected to the drive roller, and a drive transmitting gear, which is engaged with the drive gear, and transmits a driving force to the drive gear to rotate the image bearing member. The drive transmitting gear is arranged so that a direction of a drive reaction force of the drive transmitting gear with respect to the drive gear substantially coincides with an ingress direction of the image bearing member toward the drive roller.