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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2005
Applicants:
Katsumi Okuhara, Nagano, JP;
Naoki Horie, Nagano, JP;
Inventors:
Katsumi Okuhara, Nagano, JP;
Naoki Horie, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power connection/disconnection mechanism which connects and disconnects power, including: a crutch cover having a claw portion, and a projection which a contact portion of a lever is brought into abutment with; a gear having a toothed portion which the claw portion is brought into engagement with and disengagement from, wherein a mesh engagement portion formed from the claw portion and the toothed portion has two stages for forward and backward rotations.