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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2006
Applicant:
Hiroaki Miyamura, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroaki Miyamura, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A drive deviceincludes a motor, a planetary roller type power transmission unit and a drive control unit. The planetary roller type power transmission unit includes a plurality of planetary rollers, a ring, a fixed bodycovering the ringand having an aperturelocated so that a projecting portionis movable therein, a carrier roller, and an output shaft. A drive control unitcontrols the rotation of a motorof the drive device so that when the image forming device is not carrying out an image forming operation the projecting portionof the ringreciprocates within the apertureof the fixed body