Print-medium storing unit, print-medium storing apparatus and image forming apparatus employing the same

摘要

A print-medium storing unit, a print-medium storing apparatus including the same, and an image forming apparatus including the same which are provided in a power transmission mechanism, print-medium storing apparatus which is installed on a discharge path of a print-medium in an image forming apparatus, includes a plurality of storing units which is arranged with multi-layers, and a controller which controls to drive a feeding unit of another storing unit arranged between the storing unit through which the print-medium is to be discharged and the image forming apparatus, by a driving source of the storing unit through which the print-medium is to be discharged.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus with a plurality of storing units, comprising:
a main storing unit formed in the an image forming apparatus; first and second auxiliary storing units above the main storing unit comprising respective first and second power transmission units disposed in the first and second auxiliary storing units and respective first and second feeding rollers, the first power transmission unit being arranged to prevent torque such that discharging rollers of the first auxiliary storing unit are not rotated when a print medium is discharged into a storage area of the second auxiliary storing unit, wherein the first feeding rollers of the first auxiliary storing unit are driven via a first gear mounted on a shaft thereof by a driving force of a driving source of the second power transmission unit and a driving force of the first auxiliary storing unit is prevented from being transmitted from a second gear mounted on the shaft to the first gear and to the second auxiliary storing unit.