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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2003
Applicants:
Akihiro Ikeda, Oobu, JP;
Atsushi Isozaki, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Akihiro Ikeda, Oobu, JP;
Atsushi Isozaki, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 21/00 (2006.01); B41J 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming device providing a document image reading mode, image recording mode, copying mode, recording sheet feeding mode, and recording sheet discharge mode. When interruption of feeding of a document or a recording sheet is detected by a sensor, the current driving force transmission path is switched and set to another driving force transmission path corresponding to an operation mode different from the current operation mode at which the interruption occurs.