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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2011
Takashi Fujiwara, Toyohashi, JP;
Shoichi Yoshikawa, Okazaki, JP;
Tadayasu Sekioka, Toyohashi, JP;
Noboru Oomoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Toso, Toyokawa, JP;
Takashi Fujiwara, Toyohashi, JP;
Shoichi Yoshikawa, Okazaki, JP;
Tadayasu Sekioka, Toyohashi, JP;
Noboru Oomoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Toso, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a driving source, a first rotator, a first power transmission system, at least one second rotator, a second power transmission system, and a damper. The driving source generates power. The first rotator is drivingly rotated by the power generated by the driving source. The first power transmission system transmits the power from the driving source to the first rotator. The second rotator is further downstream than the first rotator in a flow of power transmission. The second power transmission system transmits the power from at least one of the first power transmission system and the first rotator to the at least one second rotator. The damper attenuates oscillation between the first power transmission system and the second power transmission system or between the first rotator and the second power transmission system.