Patent ID: 7530439

Claim:
A drive device, comprising: a first shaft; a second shaft disposed at a position deviated from a shaft line of the first shaft; a drive source configured to drive the first shaft to rotate; a first gear attached to one end of the first shaft; and a drive force transmitting unit (1) connecting the first shaft to the second shaft through the drive force transmitting unit, (2) connected to the first gear, and (3) including a single unit of a third shaft and second and third gears attached on the third shaft through a one-way clutch, and a bracket to which the third shaft of the single unit is fixed, the drive force transmitting unit to transmit a drive force of the drive source from the first shaft to the first, second and third gears and to the second shaft, the drive force transmitting unit including the one-way clutch connected to the third shaft and configured to lock the second and third gears so as to prevent the first shaft from being rotated in a reverse direction, wherein the bracket includes first and second supporting bracket elements with a space therebetween, and the third shaft attaches to the first supporting bracket element and passes through the second supporting bracket element and the one-way clutch and the second and third gears are attached to the third shaft in the space between the first and second supporting bracket elements.