Patent ID: 6752495
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
An image-forming apparatus having a pair of rollers for pinching and delivering a recording sheet in a delivery direction toward an image-forming zone for image formation, the recording sheet being introduced from an inlet port placed at an upstream side of the pair of rollers against the delivery direction and being discharged from an outlet port placed at a downstream side of the image-forming zone along the delivery direction:said image-forming apparatus comprising a coupling unit for coupling and decoupling the pair of rollers; a first manipulating member placed near the inlet port, and linked to the coupling unit for manipulating the coupling unit; a second manipulating member placed near the outlet port, and linked to the coupling unit for manipulating the coupling unit; and the coupling unit comprising a turning arm linked to both of the first manipulating member and the second manipulating member and being turnable in a prescribed direction and the reverse direction, and a coupling member linked to the turning arm for decoupling the pair of rollers by turning the turning arm in the prescribed direction and coupling the pair of rollers by turning the turning arm in the reverse direction.