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Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2015
Applicants:

Hiroaki Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;

Naoyuki Suido, Kanagawa, JP;

Keisuke Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;

Kimiharu Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroaki Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;

Naoyuki Suido, Kanagawa, JP;

Keisuke Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;

Kimiharu Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/72 (2006.01); F16D 3/18 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); F16H 55/08 (2006.01); F16H 55/17 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); F16D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/72 (2013.01); F16D 3/185 (2013.01); F16H 55/0886 (2013.01); F16H 55/17 (2013.01); G03G 15/757 (2013.01); G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); F16D 2011/002 (2013.01); F16D 2011/008 (2013.01); F16H 2055/176 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1657 (2013.01); Y10T 403/7032 (2015.01);
Abstract

A power transmission device includes coaxially a first rotary body including a first gear on a drive source side, a second rotary body including a second gear on a driven side, a third rotary body including a third gear movably held to transmit a driving force, and a guide member disposed at one of the first gear, the second gear, and the third gear to contact a first end surface of a gear tooth of another of the first gear, the second gear, and the third gear, serving as a mating gear, to guide the first end surface between teeth of the one of the first gear, the second gear, and the third gear. The guide member extends toward the mating gear and a tip of the guide member is placed at a distance from an end of the one of the gears in the axial direction.


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