Abstract:
An input shaft of a press feed is rotated at a preselected speed and is drivingly connected to a cam that rotates the input shaft. Continuous rotation of the cam is converted to oscillating rotational movement of a cam follower through a preselected angle of rotation. The cam follower is nonrotatably connected to an output shaft that is connected by an adjustable drive link and gear arrangement to a driven feed roll. Oscillating rotational movement of the output shaft is transmitted to the driven feed roll to advance the driven feed roll in contact with the strip material through a preselected degree of rotation corresponding to a preselected feed length of the strip material to the press. The end of the drive link adjacent to the output shaft is movable relative to the output shaft. A universal adjusting device is connected to the drive link to move one end of the drive link relative to the end of the output shaft as the oscillating rotational movement of the output shaft is transmitted from the drive link to the driven feed roll. Moving the end of the drive link toward and away from the axis of rotation of the output shaft permits adjustments to be made in the feed length of the strip material. By making adjustments in the feed length while the feed roll is being driven, the press feeding operation continues without delay due to a change in the feed length.
Abstract:
An apparatus for positioning a roll of a roll stand has respective adjustment spindles operatively engageable with the ends of the roll and rotatable about respective axes in one direction to advance the respective roll end and in an opposite direction to retract the respective roll end. A main transmission has respective rotary outputs connected to the spindles, main inputs, and secondary inputs and a relatively strong main drive has respective rotary output shafts connected to the main inputs of the main transmissions for rotating the spindles therethrough. Respective secondary transmissions have outputs connected to the secondary input of the main transmissions and inputs. Individually operable respective relatively weak secondary drives are connected to the inputs of the secondary transmissions for rotating same and rotating the spindles through the secondary and main transmissions. Respective brakes are engageable with the outputs of the main transmission for arresting same while the secondary drives are operating.
Abstract:
To cut a strip of metal into exact lengths, rollers are brought into contact with the strip and turned by an accurate motor until a pin can be mechanically inserted into a hole in the strip to effect final alignment. If the pin does not successfully enter the hole, a detector halts the system.
Abstract:
An adjustable high speed marked tape-feeding system which includes a larger drum and a smaller drum having greater circumferences than a predetermined length of tape arranged in tangential contact for transporting tape therebetween, a variable diameter drum adapted to rotate at a constant speed and a transmission mechanism for selectively connecting the variable diameter drum to either one of the other drums. A control system controls the diameter of the variable diameter drum and the transmission mechanism to speed up or slow down the tape transport depending upon whether the tape is being overfed or underfed.
Abstract:
A magnetic-tape running system for a video tape recorder having inclined pins and/or guide rollers having distant flanges. The pins and the guide rollers are inclined at suitable angles in the front and back directions and left and right directions so that the tape is guided only at its lower edge in such a manner that the tape runs stably along the cylinder lead at a constant contact pressure.
Abstract:
Apparatus for drying sheets of photographic material has a group of parallel lower horizontal shafts and a group of parallel upper horizontal shafts which are staggered with reference to the lower shafts. All of the shafts extend transversely of the direction of travel of sheets therebetween and carry elastic rollers which engage and advance the sheets. Certain shafts carry holders for U-shaped guide members which flank the path of the sheets between the rollers on the upper and lower shafts and prevent the leaders of the sheets from curling into the spaces between the upper or lower shafts. The distance between the axes of two neighboring lower or upper shafts is at least 2D and the distance between the upper and lower guide members is less than D, wherein D is the outer diameter of a roller. The spaces between the rows of rollers on neighboring upper and lower shafts serve (a) to provide room for nozzles which discharge streams of hot gaseous fluid to expel moisture from advancing sheets and (b) to provide room for evacuation of moisture-laden fluid.
Abstract:
Tubular wire comprising a calcium-containing solidified core in a thin steel sheath is fed between successive sets of resiliently-engaging pinch and feed rollers having aligned V-shaped indented peripheries. A wide range of wire diameters from about 3 to 8 mm are accommodated between a feed roller having an indented relatively sharp obtuse angle of about 120.degree. and a pinch roller having an indented relatively shallow obtuse angle of about 150.degree.. The peripheral walls of the feed rollers have staggered serrations for gripping the wire and a grooved channel between them for removing debris. The pinch rollers of a pair of successive sets are positioned slightly outboard of the feed rollers to keep the wire straight. Simultaneous feeding of two or more wires is provided through a plurality of sets having a common axis of rotation for the feed rollers. A slight drag is imposed on the supply reel as the wire is fed, and the supply reel is stopped just before the feed rollers stop to prevent the wire from unreeling between the supply reel and the feed rollers.
Abstract:
A system for mounting a motor driving a motor capstan includes a single flexible metal sheet which includes four bends along four spaced parallel flexure lines. The four flexure lines divide the sheet into five sections, including first and second end sections, first and second leg sections adjacent to the first and second end sections, respectively, and a motor support section disposed between the first and second leg sections. The first and second end sections are attached to a rigid support surface. The first and second leg sections have flanges to provide structural strength. The first and second leg sections are oriented at downward angles from the rigidly mounted surface. The motor support section is approximately parallel to the rigid mounting surface and includes an opening therein for accommodating the motor. The motor is attached to the motor support sheet by means of upper and lower clamping plates having opposed beveled surfaces and wedging means forced against the motor housing by the opposed beveled surfaces as the clamping plates are clamped together. The planes of the first and second leg sections extend below the motor support plate to intersect in a line which passes through a composite center of gravity of the motor, motor capstan, stainless steel sheet, and clamping plates. The first and second end sections are attached to the rigid support surface to prestress the flexible sheet along the four flexure lines so that the flexure sheet produces a predetermined resistance to angular displacement of the motor and motor capstan.
Abstract:
A stop means embodied in a rod-guiding apparatus for limiting the gap between a spring-loaded roll and a pulley. The stop means can be adjusted by turning a screw-threaded adjuster to vary the maximum gap.
Abstract:
A film advancement system for use in a photographic film cutter includes a movable cursor which indicates, by its position, a desired feed length. A cursor position sensor senses the position of the movable cursor with respect to a reference position and provides a feed length signal indicative of the feed length desired. The film is advanced by a distance determined by the feed length signal.