Drive transmission device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorMasafumi Miki
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Abstract
A drive transmission device (6) includes a first drive train (62) and a second drive train (63). The first drive train (62) includes a first gear (621), a second gear (622), a rotary shaft (623), and one-way clutches (624). The second drive train (63) includes a third gear (631), a fourth gear (632), a rotary shaft (633), and an electromagnetic clutch (634). The third gear (631) engages the first gear (621) and the fourth gear (632) engages the second gear (622). A rotational speed of a pickup roller (12) is switched by switching on/off the electromagnetic clutch (634) to change a transmission path of driving force.
Claims11
A drive transmission device that transmits driving force of a motor to a roller via a plurality of drive trains, the drive transmission device comprising:
- a controller;
- a first drive train including a one-way clutch;
- and
- a second drive train that is different from the first drive train and includes an electromagnetic clutch, wherein
- the first drive train receives the driving force from the motor and transmits the driving force to the second drive train,
- the second drive train transmits the driving force from the first drive train to the roller,
- the controller switches a rotational speed of the roller by switching on/off the electromagnetic clutch,
- the first drive train includes a first gear, a second gear, and a rotary shaft to which the first gear and the second gear are connected via the one-way clutch,
- the first gear and the second gear each have teeth on an outer circumferential surface thereof,
- the number of the teeth of the first gear is a first teeth number and the number of the teeth of the second gear is a second teeth number that is different from the first teeth number,
- the second drive train includes a third gear, a fourth gear, and a rotary shaft to which the third gear and the fourth gear are connected via the electromagnetic clutch,
- the third gear engages the first gear,
- the third gear and the fourth gear each have teeth on an outer circumferential surface thereof, and
- the number of the teeth of the third gear is a third teeth number and the number of the teeth of the fourth gear is a fourth teeth number that is different from the third teeth number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.