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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuyuki Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A supplying device includes first and second bottles each including a bottle gear for inputting a driving force. A driving source drives a driving gear, and a swingable gear is in engagement with the driving gear. The swingable gear swings between a first drive transmitting position where the driving force is transmitted from the swingable gear to the first bottle gear in engagement with the first bottle gear, and a first retracted position, where the swingable gear is retracted from the first drive transmitting position. In addition, a movable gear is movable between a second drive transmitting position, where the driving force is transmitted from the swingable gear to the second bottle gear in engagement with both of the second bottle gear and the swingable gear located in the first retracted position, and a second retracted position where the movable gear is retracted from the second drive transmitting position.