摘要:
Described herein is an apparatus for adjusting the nip normal force in a sheet transport. The transport has a drive roll (122) and an idler roll (124,125) forming a nip therewith. One end (121) of the idler roll is fixed and the other end (127) has an adjusting mechanism (130) to increase or decrease the normal force exerted in the nip to cause a sheet to skew as a result of the normal force.
摘要:
An idler assembly (200) that is both self-centering and self-aligning with a drive roll (204). The idler assembly consists of a pair of rolls (202) coaxially connected by a shaft (203), the shaft being rotatably supported in a housing (206). The housing is resiliently retained by a removable resilient spring member (208) to a fixed frame member (220) which allows the axis of rotation (250) of the pair of idler rolls and housing to pivot in more than one plane (252,254) simultaneously. This pivoting causes the axis of rotation of the idler rolls to align parallel and in contact with the drive roll. The spring member also provides an even loading of the normal force across the width of the drive nip. As a result of the alignment and even loading, skewing of a sheet is prevented as it is driven through the nip formed by the drive roll and the pair of idler rolls. The removable resilient spring member also allows for easy replaceability of the idler assembly. The housing is easily replaced between tabs (210,212) formed in the fixed frame member of a machine and opposite ends of the spring member reconnected to the tabs, thereby resiliently mounting the idler assembly in the frame member.
摘要:
Described herein is an apparatus for adjusting the nip normal force in a sheet transport. The transport has a drive roll (122) and an idler roll (124,125) forming a nip therewith. One end (121) of the idler roll is fixed and the other end (127) has an adjusting mechanism (130) to increase or decrease the normal force exerted in the nip to cause a sheet to skew as a result of the normal force.
摘要:
An enlarged buckle chamber (90) is positioned within an easily accessible, copy sheet transport path (70) and used to compile sheets during fault cycle down in copiers/ printers whenever sheets are prevented from reaching the output in sequence by jammed sheets. The user can then clear most jams by accessing the jam area plus the "easy to reach" area where internally purged sheet are gathered, thereby avoiding having paper distributed all over the paper path.