The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2015
Mitsutoshi Kichise, Osaka, JP;
Mitsutoshi Kichise, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A drive transmitter, which is includable to a process unit and an image forming apparatus, includes a first gear, a second gear, and a rotation regulator. The first gear has at least one tooth. The second gear has multiple teeth, one of which is meshed with the at least one tooth of the first gear and rotated with the first gear. The first gear continuously rotates and the second gear remains stationary when not in mesh. The number of rotations of the second gear per unit time is smaller than the number of rotations of the first gear. The rotation regulator regulates rotation of the second gear such that a tip of the second gear meshing with the first gear is located downstream from an intersection start point in a rotation direction of the second gear and upstream from an intersection end point in the rotation direction.