Patent ID: 8342523
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus configured to transfer a developer image onto a recording sheet and fixed thereon, comprising: a body; a pair of conveyor rollers arranged to convey the recording sheet which has been subjected to a fixing process toward outside of the body, the pair of conveyor rollers being configured to be shiftable relative to the body between a first position and a second position; a conveyor roller gear fixed to one of the conveyor rollers and configured to rotate integrally with the one of the conveyor rollers, the one of the conveyor rollers being supported in a manner that allows the one of the conveyor rollers as well as the conveyor roller gear to be moved rectilinearly when viewed from an axial direction of the one of the conveyor rollers to shift the pair of conveyor rollers between the first position and the second position; a driving gear configured to receive a rotatory driving force; an intermediate gear configured to mesh with the conveyor roller gear and the driving gear, to transmit the rotatory driving force received by the driving gear to the conveyor roller gear; a gear holding member configured to hold the intermediate gear and one of the conveyor roller gear and the driving gear in a manner that allows the intermediate gear to swing around an axis of rotation of the one of the conveyor roller gear and the driving gear; and a gear pressure element configured to press the intermediate gear to the other of the conveyor roller gear and the driving gear which is not held by the gear holding member.