Power connection/disconnection mechanism and medium feeding apparatus, recording apparatus and liquid ejecting apparatus

摘要

A power connection/disconnection mechanism which connects and disconnects power, including: a clutch cover (174) having a claw portion (174b), and a projection which a contact portion of a lever is brought into abutment with; a gear having a toothed portion (175a) which the claw portion is brought into engagement with and disengagement from, wherein a mesh engagement portion formed from the claw portion and the toothed portion has two stages for forward and backward rotations.