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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2010
Zenko Motoki, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Minoru Sato, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Hitoshi Funaki, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Keigo Wakana, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Zenko Motoki, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Minoru Sato, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Hitoshi Funaki, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Keigo Wakana, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer includes printing unit provided on a conveying path of a recording sheet and sheet feed unit provided on the downstream and upstream sides of the printing unit in a conveying direction of a recording sheet. The printer includes a platen roller, a first sheet feed roller, a second sheet feed roller, a first branch transmission gear group, a second branch transmission gear group, and thrust amount adjusting unit. A tooth trace of one of the gears of each of the first and second branch transmission gear groups has an inclination angle with respect to an axial direction, and the first and second branch transmission gear groups are formed of first and second idler gears including inclined gear portions of which inclined directions of tooth traces are the same as each other.