Patent ID: 9389572
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A drive transmitter comprising: a first gear having at least one tooth on an outer circumference thereof, the first gear being rotated by a drive source; a second gear having multiple teeth on an outer circumference thereof, one of the multiple teeth of the second gear configured to mesh with the at least one tooth of the first gear and rotate with the first gear, the first gear configured to continuously rotate and the second gear configured to remain stationary in a state in which the first gear and the second gear are not meshed, the first gear configured to transmit a driving force transmitted by the drive source to the second gear in a state in which the number of rotations of the second gear per unit time is smaller than the number of rotations of the first gear, wherein a trajectory of a tip of the at least one tooth of the first gear and a trajectory of a tip of the one of the multiple teeth of the second gear are configured to intersect with each other at an intersection start point and an intersection end point; and a rotation regulator configured to regulate rotation of the second gear such that a position of the tip of the one of the multiple teeth of the second gear meshing with the at least one tooth of the first gear is downstream from the intersection start point in a rotation direction of the second gear and is upstream from the intersection end point in the rotation direction of the second gear.