Patent ID: 7044464
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: B65H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for reversing a sheet conveyed along conveyance paths, said apparatus comprising: a first conveyance path; a second conveyance path; a third conveyance path; a common path communicating at a first end with an exit of said first conveyance path, communicating at said first end with an entrance of said second conveyance path, and communicating at a second end with an entrance of said third conveyance path; a first reversing roller having a part positioned in said common path; a second reversing roller having a part positioned in said common path, said second reversing roller being opposed to said first reversing roller and pressed against said first reversing roller, thereby transferring a sheet in said common path between said first and second reversing rollers; first rotating means for rotating a first rotational shaft in a first direction, said first rotation shaft integrally extending from said first reversing roller; second rotating means for rotating a second rotational shaft in the first direction, said second rotational shaft integrally extending from the second reversing roller; a first electromagnetic clutch coupling said first rotational shaft to said first rotating means; a second electromagnetic clutch coupling said second rotational shaft to said second rotating means; and control means for effecting on-off control of said first and second electromagnetic clutches, so that,