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Drive and image forming apparatus

US8768217B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 1, 2012
Grant dateJul 1, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/1657
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A drive includes a driving shaft that includes a distal end portion having a screw hole at a distal end and being inserted into a hollow portion from a first end of a driving roller in a rotation-axis direction, and that transmits a rotational driving force to the driving roller through a fit portion; a spring washer arranged at a second end of the driving roller opposite to the first end in the rotation-axis direction; and a screw rod that has an external thread which is screwed into the screw hole, that is inserted into the spring washer and inserted into the hollow portion from the second end, and that pinches the driving roller between the screw rod and the fit portion of the driving shaft in the rotation-axis direction through the spring washer when the external thread is screwed into the screw hole.

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