Conveyor and ink-jet recording apparatus

摘要

A conveyor includes: a slide gear and a clutch gear including a first gear and a second gear. The clutch gear includes: a first surface and a second surface provided on one of the first and second gears and facing each other; and a contact member provided on the other of the first and second gears and located between the first surface and the second surface. A controller is configured to: control a motor in a state in which the slide gear and the first gear are in mesh with each other, to rotate the clutch gear to establish a state in which the contact member is not in contact with the first surface or the second surface; and control a sliding mechanism to slide the slide gear in the state in which the contact member is not in contact with the first surface or the second surface.

主权项

1. A conveyor, comprising:
a slide gear supported slidably in axial directions of a support shaft; a clutch gear comprising (i) a first gear meshable with the slide gear and (ii) a second gear that is rotated coaxially with the first gear; a motor that applies a driving force to one of the second gear and the slide gear; a driven member that is driven by the driving force transmitted from another of the second gear and the slide gear; a sliding mechanism that slides the slide gear; a roller that conveys a sheet by being rotated by the driving force transmitted from the motor; and a controller configured to control the motor and the sliding mechanism, wherein the clutch gear comprises:
a first surface and a second surface provided on one of the first gear and the second gear, the first surface and the second surface facing each other in circumferential directions of the one of the first gear and the second gear; anda contact member provided on another of the first gear and the second gear and located between the first surface and the second surface in the circumferential directions, the contact member being contactable with the first surface and the second surface, wherein a distance in the circumferential directions between a contact portion of the contact member which is to contact the first surface and a contact portion of the contact member which is to contact the second surface is less than a distance between the first surface and the second surface in the circumferential directions, and wherein the controller is configured to perform:
controlling the motor in a state in which the slide gear and the first gear are in mesh with each other, to cause rotation of the clutch gear to establish a state in which the contact member is not in contact with any of the first surface and the second surface; andcontrolling the sliding mechanism to cause sliding of the slide gear in the state in which the contact member is not in contact with any of the first surface and the second surface.