GEAR, SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20220063941A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17398543

    申请日:2021-08-10

    IPC分类号: B65H5/06 G03G15/16

    摘要: A sheet conveyance device includes a rotary shaft, a conveyance roller, a driving source, and a gear. The gear rotates integrally with the rotary shaft and transmits a driving force from the driving source to the conveyance roller. The gear includes a tooth portion engaging with another gear, a wall surface forming a hole into which the rotary shaft is inserted, a deformable portion, and a pressing part. The deformable portion has a cantilever shape at least partially provided in an area provided with the tooth portion in a gear rotation axis direction. The pressing part protrudes from the wall surface toward the rotation center of the gear, and is elastically deformed by being pressed by the rotary shaft. The pressing part presses the rotary shaft toward the wall surface on a side opposite to the deformable portion in a state where the gear is attached to the rotary shaft.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200218180A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-09

    申请号:US16819279

    申请日:2020-03-16

    发明人: Yuki Akamatsu

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20

    摘要: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, including: a first guide guiding one surface of a sheet downstream of a fixing unit fixing a toner image on the sheet and upstream of discharging rollers discharging the sheet to a stacking portion in a sheet conveying direction; a second guide facing the first guide, the second guide guiding the other surface of the sheet; protrusions with openings provided on the second guide in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction; recesses provided on the first guide in the sheet width direction, the recesses facing the protrusions; and a blower unit blowing air toward the sheet via the openings provided on the second guide, wherein a corrugated shape is formed in the width direction on the sheet to which air is blown by the protrusions provided on the second guide and the recesses provided on the first guide.

    Image forming apparatus
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11042113B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-22

    申请号:US16916627

    申请日:2020-06-30

    发明人: Yuki Akamatsu

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20 G03G15/00

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing portion, a first guiding portion, a second guiding portion, a first rotatable member pair provided between the first and second guiding portions, an air discharging portion for discharging air from a feeding passage of the first guiding portion to an outside of a main assembly of the image forming apparatus, and a second rotatable member pair provided downstream of the second guiding portion.

    Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11827476B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-28

    申请号:US17353922

    申请日:2021-06-22

    发明人: Yuki Akamatsu

    摘要: A sheet feeding device includes a driving roller, a driven roller rotated by the rotation of the driving roller, a non-conductive feeding guide, a conductive frame, a conductive bearing and an urging member to urge the driven roller toward the driving roller. The feeding guide includes a supporting portion to displaceably support the rotation shaft in an urging direction. The frame includes a positioning portion to position the driven roller in the urging direction by contact with the rotation shaft in a state in which the driving roller is urged by the driven roller.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210003958A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-07

    申请号:US16916627

    申请日:2020-06-30

    发明人: Yuki Akamatsu

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00 G03G15/20

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing portion, a first guiding portion, a second guiding portion, a first rotatable member pair provided between the first and second guiding portions, an air discharging portion for discharging air from a feeding passage of the first guiding portion to an outside of a main assembly of the image forming apparatus, and a second rotatable member pair provided downstream of the second guiding portion.

    ONE-WAY CLUTCH AND SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20190338812A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-07

    申请号:US16393098

    申请日:2019-04-24

    发明人: Yuki Akamatsu

    IPC分类号: F16D41/06 B41J11/00 B65H5/06

    摘要: A one-way clutch includes a first rotator including an inner gear and configured to rotate on a first axis, a planetary gear configured to mesh with the inner gear and configured to rotate on a second axis that revolves around the first axis, a second rotator configured to rotate on the first axis and including a stopper configured to stop rotation of the planetary gear by engaging with the planetary gear, and an urging member configured to urge the planetary gear not to be brought in contact with the stopper in a state where the first rotator and the second rotator relatively rotate.

    One-way clutch and sheet conveyance apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11268581B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-08

    申请号:US16393098

    申请日:2019-04-24

    发明人: Yuki Akamatsu

    摘要: A one-way clutch includes a first rotator including an inner gear and configured to rotate on a first axis, a planetary gear configured to mesh with the inner gear and configured to rotate on a second axis that revolves around the first axis, a second rotator configured to rotate on the first axis and including a stopper configured to stop rotation of the planetary gear by engaging with the planetary gear, and an urging member configured to urge the planetary gear not to be brought in contact with the stopper in a state where the first rotator and the second rotator relatively rotate.

    SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20220033211A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-03

    申请号:US17353922

    申请日:2021-06-22

    发明人: Yuki Akamatsu

    IPC分类号: B65H29/14 G03G15/00

    摘要: A sheet feeding device includes a driving roller, a driven roller rotated by the rotation of the driving roller, a non-conductive feeding guide, a conductive frame, a conductive bearing and an urging member to urge the driven roller toward the driving roller. The feeding guide includes a supporting portion to displaceably support the rotation shaft in an urging direction. The frame includes a positioning portion to position the driven roller in the urging direction by contact with the rotation shaft in a state in which the driving roller is urged by the driven roller.

    Image forming apparatus in which corrugated shape is formed in width direction on sheet to which air is blown

    公开(公告)号:US10935910B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-02

    申请号:US16819279

    申请日:2020-03-16

    发明人: Yuki Akamatsu

    摘要: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, including: a first guide guiding one surface of a sheet downstream of a fixing unit fixing a toner image on the sheet and upstream of discharging rollers discharging the sheet to a stacking portion in a sheet conveying direction; a second guide facing the first guide, the second guide guiding the other surface of the sheet; protrusions with openings provided on the second guide in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveying direction; recesses provided on the first guide in the sheet width direction, the recesses facing the protrusions; and a blower unit blowing air toward the sheet via the openings provided on the second guide, wherein a corrugated shape is formed in the width direction on the sheet to which air is blown by the protrusions provided on the second guide and the recesses provided on the first guide.