Patent ID: 6810224
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A driving apparatus for a double-side printable machine having a paper-supplying unit detachably mounted in the frame of a main body, a pickup/transport unit picking up and conveying a sheet of paper loaded in the paper-supplying unit along a paper transport path in a paper transport direction, a developing unit having a photosensitive drum and forming a toner image on the sheet, a fixing unit heat-pressing the toner Image formed on the sheet and fixing the toner image as a visible image, a double-side printing unit having a paper return path through which the sheet having one side printed enters the developing unit to form another image on a reverse side of the sheet, and having a transport part conveying the sheet through the paper return path and having a first roller and a second roller, and a paper discharge unit discharging the sheet on which the visible image is fixed through the fixing unit, comprising:a first driving part having a first driving motor and a first power transfer part transferring a first power of the first driving motor to the pickup/transport unit, the developing unit, and the first roller of the transport part of the double-side printing unit to drive the pickup/transport unit, the developing unit, and the first roller of the transport part of the double-side printing unit; a second driving part having a second driving motor and a second power transfer part transferring a second power of the second driving motor to the fixing unit, the second roller of the transport part of the double-side printing unit, and the paper discharge unit to drive the fixing unit, the second roller of the transport part of the double-side printing unit, and the paper discharge unit; and a controller controlling the first and second driving parts.