Drive apparatus and image forming apparatus

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PATENT NO 10526150
APP PUB NO 20190152733A1
SERIAL NO

16182888

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A drive apparatus according to the present invention includes a first motor that transmits power to a rotating shaft of a conveyance roller for conveying a sheet, a second motor that transmits power to the rotating shaft of the conveyance roller, a storage that stores information indicating the driving force of the second motor during a period in which the conveyance roller conveys the sheet; and a controller that drives the second motor with the driving force indicated by the information during a period when the conveyance roller conveys the sheet, wherein the controller changes the information stored in the storage according to a load applied to the conveyance roller during the period when the conveyance roller conveys the sheet, and drives the second motor with a driving force indicated by the information after the change during a period when the conveyance roller conveys a next sheet.

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KONICA MINOLTA INCTOKYO 100-7015

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ishikawa, Remi Mitaka, JP 8 13
Miyajima, Satoshi Hino, JP 25 150
Oyama, Hiroshi Hino, JP 65 689
Ueda, Tadayuki Kokubunji, JP 41 252

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