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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Masanori Maeda, Yokohama, JP;
Daisuke Aoki, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/06 (2006.01); G03G 15/23 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/234 (2013.01); B65H 2403/00 (2013.01); B65H 2403/481 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00438 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0132 (2013.01); Y10T 74/19358 (2015.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a drive unit including a first drive train through which a driving force from the drive source is transmitted to the discharge roller and a second drive train through which a driving force from the drive source is transmitted to the reverse roller, and a switching mechanism, provided on the second drive train, configured to switch a rotating direction of the reverse roller between the forward rotating direction and the reverse rotating direction with the discharge roller rotating in one direction.