Patent ID: 6346992
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
A drive system for a carriage fitted with an apparatus selected from the group consisting of a scanning apparatus and a recording apparatus, the carriage is disposed in a reproduction appliance, and the apparatus performs one of scanning an original and exposing a recording material periodically along one of scanning lines and recording lines, the drive system comprising:a drive apparatus for moving the carriage forward along a straight line at right angles to one of the scanning lines and the recording lines, said drive apparatus containing: an electric motor having a rotation speed determined by a frequency of drive pulses produced by dividing a master clock by an integer factor; an apparatus for converting a rotary movement of said electric motor into a linear movement of the carriage; and a device by which a duration of an identical number of the drive pulses can be changed by at least one period of the master clock in each operating period of the apparatus.