Patent ID: 9630430
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B41J,B65H

Claim:
1. A conveyor, comprising: a slide gear supported slidably in axial directions of a support shaft; a clutch gear comprising (i) a first gear meshable with the slide gear and (ii) a second gear that is rotated coaxially with the first gear; a motor that applies a driving force to one of the second gear and the slide gear; a driven member that is driven by the driving force transmitted from another of the second gear and the slide gear; a sliding mechanism that slides the slide gear; a roller that conveys a sheet by being rotated by the driving force transmitted from the motor; and a controller configured to control the motor and the sliding mechanism, wherein the clutch gear comprises: wherein a distance in the circumferential directions between a contact portion of the contact member which is to contact the first surface and a contact portion of the contact member which is to contact the second surface is less than a distance between the first surface and the second surface in the circumferential directions, and wherein the controller is configured to perform: