Image forming apparatus with recording medium support member adjustable in position for desired position of uppermost recording medium on support member
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKenichi Dan
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Abstract
An apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium is disclosed which includes: a first drive source; a photoreceptor driven for movement by a driving force applied thereto from the first drive source; a support member supporting the recording medium to be fed toward the photoreceptor, displaceable between a receiving position allowing reception of the recording medium on the support member, and a feeding position allowing feeding of the recording medium from the support member toward the photoreceptor; and a drive mechanism operable by a driving force applied thereto from the first drive source to displace the support member from the receiving position to the feeding position.
Claims6
An apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, comprising:
- a first drive source;
- a photoreceptor receiving a driving force of the first drive source;
- a support member supporting the recording medium to be fed toward the photoreceptor, displaceable between a receiving position allowing reception of the recording medium by the support member, and a feeding position allowing feeding of the recording medium from the support member toward the photoreceptor;
- a drive mechanism operable by a driving force received from the first drive source to displace the support member from the receiving position to the feeding position;
- a switch mechanism disposed in a travel path along which the driving force travels from the first drive source to the photoreceptor;
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- a controller for controlling the switch mechanism to prevent transmission of the driving force from the first drive source to the photoreceptor during at least a predetermined portion of a period during which the drive mechanism displaces the support member from the receiving position to the feeding position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.