Patent ID: 8109598

Claim:
An image recording device, comprising: a first motor configured to be able to rotate in a first rotational direction and a second rotational direction different from the first rotational direction; a second motor configured to be able to rotate in the first rotational direction and the second rotational direction; a first switch gear that is rotated by receiving a driving force from the first motor; a second switch gear that is rotated by receiving a driving force from the second motor and is supported coaxially with respect to the first switch gear; a first transmission gear that is located to be able to engage with the first switch gear and transmits a driving force to a first driving unit; and a second transmission gear that is located to be able to engage with the second switch gear and transmits a driving force to a second driving unit, the first switch gear and the second switch gear being provided to engage with corresponding ones of the first transmission gear and the second transmission gear in accordance with movement of the first and second switch gears in an axial direction, the image recording device further comprising: a control unit configured such that when the first switch gear and the second switch gear are moved in the axial direction, the control unit rotates one of the first and second motors by a first predetermined rotation amount, and starts the other of the first and second motors while the one of the first and second motors is rotated, wherein the control unit rotates the other of the first and second motors by a second predetermined rotation amount.