Patent ID: 8434945

Claim:
A side pressure applying mechanism for a motor comprising: a rotation shaft of the motor which is rotatably supported through a support bearing; a side pressure bearing which is loosely fitted to the rotation shaft; an urging member which is abutted with an outer peripheral face of the side pressure bearing to apply a side pressure to the rotation shaft in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the rotation shaft; engaging parts which are formed in a frame to which the motor is fixed and with which both end portions of the urging member are respectively engaged; and a restricting part for restricting movement of the urging member toward the axial direction of the rotation shaft, the restricting part being provided at a position nearer to an abutting position where the urging member is abutted with the side pressure bearing between an engaging position where the urging member is engaged with each of the engaging parts and the abutting position of the urging member with the side pressure bearing.