Patent ID: 8840109
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a first unit including a first feeding member for feeding a medium; a second unit including a second feeding member for feeding the medium; and a medium feeding path provided between the first unit and the second unit, wherein the second unit is movable between a closing position where the medium feeding path is formed between the first unit and the second unit and an opening position where the second unit separates from the first unit so as to open the medium feeding path; wherein the first feeding member has a first gear; wherein the second feeding member has a second gear that meshes with the first gear when the second unit is in the closing position; wherein the image forming apparatus further comprises a shift mechanism; and wherein when the second unit moves to the closing position, the shift mechanism holds one of the first gear and the second gear at a retracted position where the first gear and the second gear do not mesh with each other.