Patent ID: 7431284
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet transfer apparatus comprising: a first roller configured to be rotatably driven at a first surface speed; a second roller spaced from the first roller such that the first roller and the second roller are configured to simultaneously engage a media sheet, wherein the second roller is configured to be driven at a second surface speed greater than the first surface speed; and a power train delivering power to the first roller to rotatably drive the first roller, the power train including: a first gear coupled to the first roller; a second gear; and a third gear movable between a first position in which the third gear is in power-transmitting engagement with the first gear and the second gear and a second position in which the third gear is out of engagement with the first gear, wherein the third gear has teeth inter-meshed with teeth of the first gear and the second gear in the first position.