Patent ID: 7159483

Claim:
A drive power switching system for an acoustic apparatus comprising: a first and a second mechanism which are operated to each other selectively; a first gear coupled to the first mechanism and rotatable about a first supporting axis; a second gear coupled to the second mechanism and rotatable about a second supporting axis; a motor: a main drive gear to which the rotation of the motor is transmitted; driven gear means always in mesh with the main drive gear; and a rocking member rotatably supporting said driven gear means and rockable about an axis which is coaxial with the main drive gear, wherein: rotation transmission state of the main drive gear to said first or second gear through said driven gear means being switched with the rocking of said rocking member; an inter-axis distance between the first and second supporting axes of the first and second gears being set to a length permitting an addendum of the driven gear means to be meshed with, an addendum of both the first and second gears simultaneously; and when the rotation of one of the first and second gear is prohibited, the rocking member being rocked to cause the switching of the rotation transmission state soon after the addendum of the driven gear means is separated from said one of the first and second gears.