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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2015
Konica Minolta Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyomitsu Koyama, Toyokawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A drive device includes: a cam; a clutch installed on a same shaft with the cam, and for connecting/disconnecting rotational force from a power source to the cam through the shaft according to rotation of a clutch collar; an actuator including a claw part; and a control mechanism for controlling a position of the claw part of the actuator, wherein a projection part includes a first projection part and a second projection part provided at asymmetric positions on a periphery of the clutch collar, and an angle A and an angle B satisfy the angle A<the angle B, where a central angle from the first projection part to the second projection part in the rotating direction is the angle A, and a central angle from the second projection part to the first projection part in the rotating direction is the angle B.