Patent ID: 7441768
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, comprising: a first drive source; a photoreceptor receiving a driving force of the first drive source; a support member supporting the recording medium to be fed toward the photoreceptor, displaceable between a receiving position allowing reception of the recording medium by the support member, and a feeding position allowing feeding of the recording medium from the support member toward the photoreceptor; a drive mechanism operable by a driving force received from the first drive source to displace the support member from the receiving position to the feeding position; a switch mechanism disposed in a travel path along which the driving force travels from the first drive source to the photoreceptor; and a controller for controlling the switch mechanism to prevent transmission of the driving force from the first drive source to the photoreceptor during at least a predetermined portion of a period during which the drive mechanism displaces the support member from the receiving position to the feeding position.