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US 5,211,690 AGranted
Transmission clutch and recording apparatus which uses the transmission clutch
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshiyuki Mizoguchi, Yoshitaka Watanabe
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Abstract
A recording and reproducing apparatus includes a sheet supply mechanism, a sheet transporting mechanism, an image recording mechanism and a sheet discharging mechanism. The mechanisms are driven by a rotary driver which transmits a driving force through a driving force transmitter to a plurality of rotating bodies. The driving force transmitter can engage a selected number of mechanisms through the rotating bodies to transmit the driving force from the rotary driver.
Claims11
A sheet supplying apparatus, comprising:
- sheet supply means for supplying a sheet from a stack of sheets;
- transport means for transporting a sheet supplied by said sheet supply means;
- a first rotary driven member for driving said sheet supply means;
- a second rotary driven member for driving said sheet transport means;
- rotary drive means for driving either one of said first and second rotary driven members;
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- support means for supporting said rotary drive means to be displaceable between a first position where said first rotary driven member can be driven, a second position where said second rotary driven member can be driven or a third position where said first rotary driven member and said second rotary driven member can be driven at the same time.
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