# US 10,503,102 B2 · Drive transmitting device and image forming apparatus incorporating the drive transmitting device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,503,102 B2 - Document ID: US10503102B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/242,121 - Filed: 2019-01-08 - Published: 2019-08-15 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-14 - Assignees: Ricoh Company, Ltd. - Applicants: Kenji Tomita - Inventors: Kenji Tomita - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10503102B2 ## CPC - G03G 15/2017: {Structural details of the fixing unit in general, e.g. cooling means, heat shielding means (G03G15/2053 takes precedence)} - B65H 5/062: {between rollers or balls} - G03G 15/2064: {combined with pressure} - G03G 15/6573: {Feeding path after the fixing point and up to the discharge tray or the finisher, e.g. special treatment of copy material to compensate for effects from the fixing} - G03G 21/1647: {Mechanical connection means} - B65H 2402/51: Joints, e.g. riveted or magnetic joints - B65H 2403/42: Spur gearing - B65H 2403/481: Planetary - B65H 2403/72: Clutches, brakes, e.g. one-way clutch +F204 - B65H 2403/732: Torque limiters - B65H 2404/16: Details of driving - G03G 2221/1657: transmitting mechanical drive power - G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES ## Abstract A drive transmitting device, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a drive source, a drive transmitting body, and a rotary shaft. The drive transmitting body has a press-in target portion. The rotary shaft includes a press-in portion mounted on one end of the rotary shaft in an axial direction of the rotary shaft to be pressed into the press-in target portion of the drive transmitting body. The press-in portion includes a flat face and a plurality of circular arc faces having different distances from an axial center of the rotary shaft and being disposed at a same position as at least a portion of the flat face in the axial direction of the rotary shaft. A radius of curvature of one of the plurality of circular arc faces is greater than a radius of curvature of another of the plurality of circular arc faces. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A drive transmitting device comprising: a drive source configured to apply a driving force; a drive transmitting body having a press-in target portion, the drive transmitting body configured to receive the driving force from the drive source; and a rotary shaft including a press-in portion mounted on one end of the rotary shaft in an axial direction of the rotary shaft, the press-in portion configured to press into the press-in target portion of the drive transmitting body, the press-in portion including: a flat face extending parallel to the axial direction of the rotary shaft; and a plurality of circular arc faces disposed parallel to the axial direction of the rotary shaft, having distances different from each other from an axial center of the rotary shaft, and extending parallel to the axial direction of the rotary shaft, the plurality of circular arc faces each being disposed at a same position in the axial direction of the rotary shaft as at least a portion of the flat face in the axial direction of the rotary shaft, the plurality of circular arc faces including a first circular arc face and a second circular arc face, the first circular arc face being on an upstream side of the second circular arc face in an attaching direction of the drive transmitting body and having a radius of curvature, the second circular arc face being on a downstream side of the first circular arc face in the attaching direction of the drive transmitting body and having a radius of curvature, the radius of curvature of the second circular arc face being greater than the radius of curvature of the first circular arc face. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The drive transmitting device according to claim 1, wherein the press-in portion further includes a sloped face joining the first circular arc face and the second circular arc face. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The drive transmitting device according to claim 1, wherein the press-in target portion of the drive transmitting body includes a plurality of press-in target faces into which the plurality of circular arc faces of the press-in portion is pressed, and at least one press-in target face of the plurality of press-in target faces includes a circular arc face configured to contact a circular arc face of the plurality of circular arc faces of the press-in portion over an entire area in a circumferential direction of the circular arc face of the press-in portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The drive transmitting device according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of press-in target faces includes a first press-in target face and a second press-in target face, the first press-in target face being on an upstream side of the second press-in target face in the attaching direction of the drive transmitting body, the second press-in target face being on a downstream side of the attaching direction of the drive transmitting body, and a distance from the axial center of the rotary shaft to the second press-in target face is greater than a distance from the axial center of the rotary shaft to the first press-in target face. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The drive transmitting device according to claim 1, wherein the press-in target portion of the drive transmitting body includes a plurality of press-in target faces into which the plurality of circular arc faces of the press-in portion is pressed, and at least one press-in target face of the plurality of press-in target faces includes a contact face configured to contact a portion in a circumferential direction of a circular arc face of the plurality of circular arc faces of the press-in portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The drive transmitting device according to claim 5, wherein the contact face of the at least one press-in target face includes a circular arc face configured to contact the press-in portion along the circular arc face of the press-in portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The drive transmitting device according to claim 5, wherein the contact face of the at least one press-in target face includes a flat face. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The drive transmitting device according to claim 1, wherein the press-in target portion of the drive transmitting body includes a plurality of press-in target faces into which the plurality of circular arc faces of the press-in portion is pressed, and at least one press-in target face of the plurality of press-in target faces includes a plurality of contact faces configured to contact the plurality of circular arc faces of the press-in portion on a plurality of portions in a circumferential direction of each of the plurality of circular arc faces of the press-in portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The drive transmitting device according to claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of contact faces of the at least one press-in target face includes a circular arc face configured to contact the press-in portion along the plurality of circular arc faces of the press-in portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The drive transmitting device according to claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of contact faces of the at least one press-in target face includes a flat face. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The drive transmitting device according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of contact faces are faces perpendicular to the rotary shaft in the axial direction of the press-in target portion of the drive transmitting body and are disposed symmetrical about a line perpendicular to the flat face. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The drive transmitting device according to claim 1, further comprising: a cam configured to receive the driving force to move a moving body against a biasing force from a biasing body. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The drive transmitting device according to claim 12, further comprising: a drive side coupling configured to receive the driving force from the drive source; a driven side coupling configured to engage with the drive side coupling; and a torque limiter configured to couple the drive side coupling and the driven side coupling during driving. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The drive transmitting device according to claim 12, wherein the moving body includes a pressure roller to press a fixing roller. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The drive transmitting device according to claim 1, further comprising: at least one spur gear. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The drive transmitting device according to claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of pulleys; and a belt wound around the plurality of pulleys, wherein one of the plurality of pulleys is mounted on a shaft of a driving body to which the driving force is transmitted from the drive source via the belt, the rotary shaft includes the shaft of the driving body, and the drive transmitting body includes a pulley of the plurality of pulleys, and the pulley of the plurality of pulleys is mounted on the shaft of the driving body. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The drive transmitting device according to claim 16, wherein the driving body includes a sheet ejecting roller. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) An image forming apparatus comprising: the drive transmitting device according to claim 1.