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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takeshi Sekino, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 23/00 (2006.01); B41J 19/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 19/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driving apparatus includes an endless belt supported by a drive pulley configured to be driven by a motor and an idler pulley, and a moving member configured to be coupled to the endless belt and moved by driving the drive pulley by the motor, wherein a first limit value of electric power to be supplied to the motor when the moving member is moved in a first direction approaching the drive pulley is set larger than a second limit value of electric power to be supplied to the motor when the moving member is moved in a second direction approaching the idler pulley.