JP2009160946A - Roller support device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a roller support device capable of enhancing the operating efficiency of roller mounting/removal. <P>SOLUTION: This roller support device is structured as follows: A kneading roller 16 is rotatably pivoted by a bearing part 12 of a roller holder 11 supported by an inner frame 10 in a freely rotating manner. The axis G1 of the roller holder 11 and the axis G2 of the kneading roller 16 are eccentrically arranged by a gap "d1". The roller holder 11 is rotated by a lever 21, and the lever 21 is urged by the resilient force of a compression coil spring 28 through a rod 23. Further, the distance "d2" between a pin 22 of the lever 21 and a second small shaft 14, is longer than the gap "d1". The compression coil spring 28 loses its resilient force by turning a thumb nut 30 so as to cause the receding of a moving piece 25. Thus, the kneading roller 16 can break away from a swinging roller. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a roller support device that is provided in, for example, an inking device or a water supply device of a printing press and maintains a constant contact pressure between rollers that are in contact with each other.

  For example, in an inking device of an offset printing machine, a rubber roller and a metal roller (iron roller or roller made of copper or other hard metal) are used to make the supplied ink film uniform. The inks are kneaded by rotating them in contact with each other. With this configuration, the outer diameter of the rubber roller that contacts the metal roller changes due to wear or the like, so that the contact pressure between the rollers, that is, the nip pressure changes. When the nip pressure changes, the ink film thickness changes, which greatly affects the print quality. Conventionally, the ink apparatus has been provided with an adjusting device for adjusting the nip pressure.

  A conventional roller support device includes a support member that is supported so as to be movable in a perspective direction with respect to a swing roller that the kneading roller contacts, and a biasing member that biases the support member in the pressing direction of the kneading roller with respect to the swing roller. And a supporting member moving means for moving the supporting member in a direction to move the kneading roller away from the swing roller against the urging force of the urging member (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP-A-9-39211 (Claim 1, FIGS. 1 and 2)

  In the roller support device as described above, because the structure uses the urging force of the urging member as it is without using a mechanism for increasing the urging force of the urging member to press the kneading roller against the swing roller, The urging force of the urging member had to be increased. Moreover, in order to move the kneading roller away from the swing roller, the support member moving means is moved in the direction in which the urging force of the urging member is accumulated, so that there is a problem that the operation is complicated and takes time.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and an object thereof is to improve workability of attaching and detaching rollers.

  In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a roller support device in which a moving roller is brought into contact with or separated from a fixed roller by moving the moving roller, and the moving roller is brought into contact with the fixed roller. A biasing member biasing in the direction, a lever for transmitting the biasing force of the biasing member to the moving roller, a means for reducing the biasing force of the biasing member, and the moving roller being rotatably supported A roller holder that rotates in accordance with the movement of the lever, and engages the shaft portion of the moving roller on the roller holder so that the moving roller contacts the fixed roller in accordance with the rotation of the roller holder. A bearing portion is provided, and the urging force of the urging member is reduced by means for reducing the urging force of the urging member, and the moving side roller is separated from the fixed side roller. That.

  According to the present invention, in the above invention, the urging member is a spring, and the means for reducing the urging force of the urging member is movably supported, and compresses the spring by movement or the spring force of the spring It is equipped with a mover that reduces the size.

  According to the present invention, in any one of the inventions, the means for reducing the urging force of the urging member includes a knob for moving the moving element.

  According to the present invention, in any one of the inventions, the means for reducing the urging force of the urging member includes a rod supported by the lever, and the rod is loosely inserted into the movable element. A through-hole and a threaded portion that is screwed into the stud are provided, the spring is interposed between one end of the rod and the end face of the moving element, and the knob is provided on the moving element. is there.

  According to the present invention, in the invention described above, an interval between a force point at which the urging force of the urging member is applied to the lever and a rotation center of the roller holder is a distance between the rotation center of the roller holder and the axis of the moving roller. It is formed longer than the interval.

  According to the present invention, in the above invention, the bearing portion is formed so that the shaft of the bearing is eccentric from the shaft of the moving roller when the moving roller contacts the third roller.

  The present invention is the above invention, wherein the bearing portion is formed by a cam.

  According to the present invention, in any one of the above inventions, when the moving roller contacts the fixed roller, the moving roller moves in a direction contacting the third roller by the bearing portion. To be guided.

  According to the present invention, operability is improved.

  Further, according to one of the inventions, since the moving side roller can be attached to and detached from the roller holder without a tool, the adjustment work of the nip pressure can be performed easily and in a short time.

It is a development front view which fractures | ruptures and shows a part of inking apparatus of the printing machine to which the supporting apparatus of the roller which concerns on this invention is applied. FIG. 2 is an enlarged detailed view showing a II part in FIG. 1. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side view of an inking device of a printing press to which a roller supporting device according to the present invention is applied, in which FIG. 1 (a) shows a state where a kneading roller is separated from a shaking roller, and FIG. A state where the rollers are in contact with each other is shown. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side view for explaining the relationship between a kneading roller and a roller holder bearing portion in a roller support device according to the present invention, in which FIG. 1 (a) shows a state in which the kneading roller is separated from the swing roller; (B) shows a state in which the kneading roller is brought into contact with the swing roller. FIG. 5A is a front view of a roller holder according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5A shows a relationship between a bearing portion of the roller holder and a bearing of the kneading roller when the kneading roller is separated from the swing roller. FIG. 5B shows the relationship between the bearing portion of the roller holder and the bearing of the kneading roller when the kneading roller is in contact with the swing roller.

Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
[Embodiment 1]

  In FIG. 1, what is generally indicated by reference numeral 1 is a part of an inking device of a printing press, and the inking device 1 is provided with a pair of left and right frames 2 and 2. The swinging roller 4 as a fixed side roller is axially supported via the bearings 3 and 3 so as to be rotatable and movable in the axial direction. A gear 6 having a large tooth width is formed on one end shaft 5 of the swing roller 4, and an internal tooth of an intermediate gear 7 is meshed with the gear 6. A drive-side gear 8 that transmits the drive of the machine motor is engaged, and one end portion of the driving swing lever 9 is engaged with the tip portion of the one end shaft 5. Therefore, the swing roller 4 is rotated by the driving of the motor of this machine, and reciprocates in the axial direction via the drive swing lever 9.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes left and right inner frames provided inside the left and right frames 2 and 2, which are attached to the frames 2 and 2 so as to be parallel to the frames 2 and 2 via studs not shown. It has been. Reference numerals 11 and 11 denote a pair of left and right roller holders formed in a substantially disc shape. As shown in FIG. 3, a bearing 12 is integrally projected on one end face. The bearing 12 is provided with a U-shaped bearing portion 12a that supports a bearing 18 of a kneading roller 16 described later, and an opening 12b having a width slightly larger than the diameter of the bearing 18 is provided in part. ing.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a first small shaft 13 is integrally projected at the center of the other end surface of the roller holder 11, and the first small shaft 13 includes a first small shaft. A second small shaft 14 having a diameter smaller than 13 is integrally projected. A bearing 15 is mounted on the first small shaft 13, and the roller holder 11 has the bearing 12 positioned inside the inner frame 10 via the bearing 15, and the second small shaft 14 is positioned on the inner frame 10. The inner frame 10 is rotatably supported so as to protrude outward.

  Reference numeral 16 denotes a kneading roller as a moving roller that contacts the above-described swinging roller 4, and bearings 18, 18 are attached to the front end portions of end shafts 17, 17 as shaft portions. The shaft is rotatably supported by the bearing portions 12a and 12a of the pair of left and right roller holders 11 and 11 via the shaft. Reference numeral 19 denotes an ink roller as a third roller that comes into contact with the kneading roller 16 and is rotatably supported by the frames 2 and 2.

  Next, the positional relationship between the shaft core G1 of the roller holder 11 and the shaft core G2 of the kneading roller 16 supported by the bearing 12 of the roller holder 11 and the state where the kneading roller 16 is in contact with the swinging roller 4 with reference to FIG. The positional relationship between the bearing 12 of the roller holder 11 and the bearing 18 of the kneading roller 16 will be described.

  That is, in the state where the kneading roller 16 shown in FIG. 5A is replaced, the opening 12b of the bearing 12 of the roller holder 11 is substantially the same as the line l connecting between the shaft centers of the swing roller 4 and the ink roller 19. The direction of the arrow A is orthogonal. In this state, when the bearing 18 of the kneading roller 16 is engaged with the bearing portion 12 a of the bearing 12 of the roller holder 11 and the kneading roller 16 is brought into contact with the ink roller 19, the kneading roller 16 is kneaded with respect to the shaft core G 1 of the roller holder 11. The shaft core G2 of the roller 16 is positioned at a position eccentric from the distance d1. At the same time, a gap 20 having an interval δ is formed in the arrow B direction between the bearing 18 of the kneading roller 16 and the bearing portion 12a of the roller holder 11.

  Therefore, when the roller holder 11 is rotated counterclockwise from this state, one end of the roller holder 11 supporting the bearing 18 of the kneading roller 16 on the lower side of the bearing 12 as shown in FIG. The kneading roller 16 moves slightly obliquely upward by a support portion (a portion hatched for convenience) 12c, which is a portion. Accordingly, the kneading roller 16 contacts the swing roller 4 while maintaining the state where the kneading roller 16 is in contact with the ink roller 19.

  As shown in FIG. 2, one end of a lever 21 is pivotally attached to the second small shaft 14 of the roller holder 11, and one end of a rod 23 is pivotally attached to the other end of the lever 21 via a pin 22. Has been. Therefore, when the rod 23 moves in the axial direction, the other end of the lever 21 also moves, and the second small shaft 14 rotates as the lever 21 moves, so that the roller holder 11 also rotates integrally.

  Reference numeral 24 denotes a stud planted in the inner frame 10, and a screw hole 24 a parallel to the inner frame 10 is screwed into the stud 24. Reference numeral 25 denotes a mover formed in a substantially cylindrical shape having a through-hole 25a at the center, and is provided with a screw portion 25b at the outer peripheral portion and a flange 25c at one end. The moving element 25 is supported by the stud 24 so as to be movable in the direction of the arrow AB when the screw portion 25b is screwed into the screw hole 24a, and when the flange 25c is engaged with the stud 24, the arrow 25 Movement in the B direction is restricted. The rod 23 is loosely inserted into the through hole 25a of the moving element 25 so that the tip of the rod 23 projects from the flange 25c, and the engagement ring 26 is fitted to the projecting end of the rod 23. ing.

  A locking ring 27 is fitted on one end side of the rod 23, and a compression coil spring 28 as an urging member is mounted between the ring 27 and the end face of the moving element 25. 30 is a knob formed in a substantially bottomed cylindrical shape, and this knob 30 is integrally covered with a flange 25c of the moving element 25 by a set screw 31, and between this knob 30 and the flange 25c. Is formed with a space 32 for storing the protruding end portion protruding from the flange 25c of the rod 23 in a non-contact state.

  In such a configuration, when the knob 30 is rotated to move the mover 25 in the direction of the arrow B and the flange 25c is brought into contact with the stud 24, the elastic member 25 is moved between the locking ring 27 and the mover 25. The mounted compression coil spring 28 is compressed, and the rod 23 moves in the arrow B direction by the elastic force of the compression coil spring 28. Along with this movement, the lever 21 rotates counterclockwise as shown in FIG. 3B with the second small shaft 14 of the roller holder 11 as the rotation center, so that the second small shaft 14 also rotates counterclockwise. And the roller holder 11 also rotates counterclockwise.

  Therefore, as described above, the kneading roller 16 comes into contact with the swing roller 4 and the circumferential surfaces thereof are pressed against each other. In this state, a gap t is formed between the ring 26 of the rod 23 and the flange 25c of the mover 25 as shown in FIG. Therefore, the nip pressure between the kneading roller 16 and the swing roller 4 is configured to be a predetermined nip pressure by the elastic force of the compression coil spring 28.

  Thus, in order to provide a predetermined nip pressure between the kneading roller 16 and the swing roller 4 by the elastic force of the compression coil spring 28, the elastic force of the compression coil spring 28 is applied to the roller holder via the lever 21. 11 to the second small shaft 14. Moreover, the length d2 between the pin 22 of the lever 21 and the second small shaft 14 is made longer than the distance d1 between the shaft center G1 of the bearing 12 of the roller holder 11 and the shaft center G2 of the kneading roller 16. Yes. That is, the distance d2 between the center of the pin 22 as a force point at which the elastic force of the compression coil spring 28 is applied to the lever 21 and the center G1 of the first small shaft 13 as the rotation center of the roller holder 11 is the roller holder. 11 is formed to be longer than the distance d1 between G1 as the rotation center of 11 and the axis G2 of the kneading roller 16. Therefore, since the lever 21 acts as a lever, it is not necessary to increase the elastic force of the compression coil spring 28 in order to obtain a predetermined nip pressure between the kneading roller 16 and the swing roller 4.

  Next, the operation of attaching and detaching the kneading roller in the roller support device having such a configuration will be described. First, an operation of bringing the kneading roller 16 into contact with the swing roller 4 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, the opening 12b of the bearing 12 of the roller holder 11 is oriented in the direction of arrow A in advance, and the bearings 18 and 18 of the kneading roller 16 are moved from the opening 12b to the left and right roller holders 11 and 11, respectively. The kneading roller 16 is brought into contact with the ink roller 19. At this time, as described above, the shaft core G2 of the kneading roller 16 is positioned eccentrically with respect to the shaft core G1 of the roller holder 11 by the distance d1. After this state, the knob 30 is rotated, and the moving element 25 is moved in the direction of arrow B as shown in FIG. 2 so that the flange 25c comes into contact with the stud 24 and the compression coil spring 28 is compressed. The rod 23 is moved in the arrow B direction by the elastic force of the compression coil spring 28.

  At this time, since the elastic force of the compression coil spring 28 is small, the force for rotating the knob 30 can be reduced in order to move the movable element 25 in the direction of arrow B against this elastic force. The operability is improved. As the mover 25 moves in the direction of arrow B, the lever 21 rotates counterclockwise as shown in FIGS. 3B and 4B with the second small shaft 14 of the roller holder 11 as the center of rotation. Since it rotates, the second small shaft 14 also rotates counterclockwise, and the roller holder 11 also rotates counterclockwise. Therefore, as described above, the kneading roller 16 comes into contact with the swinging roller 4 and the peripheral surfaces thereof are pressed against each other by a predetermined nip pressure.

  At this time, the force that presses the swing roller 4 from the kneading roller 16 becomes a reaction force and presses the kneading roller 16 downward in FIG. 4B. As described above, since the gap 20 is formed in the direction of the ink roller 19 (arrow D direction) between the bearing 18 of the kneading roller 16 and the bearing 12 of the roller holder 11, the reaction force to the kneading roller 16. Becomes the component force in the direction of arrow D. Therefore, the kneading roller 16 moves in the direction of arrow D with the bearing 18 guided by the support portion 12c of the bearing 12 of the roller holder 11, and the distance between the axis G1 of the roller holder 11 and the axis G2 of the kneading roller 16 is increased. It changes from d1 to d1 ′ (d1> d1 ′). For this reason, since the kneading roller 16 is pressed in the direction of the arrow D, the peripheral surface of the kneading roller 16 comes into pressure contact with the peripheral surface of the ink roller 19, so that the kneading roller 16 contacts the ink roller 19 with a predetermined nip pressure. As described above, when the kneading roller 16 is brought into contact with the swing roller 4 at a predetermined nip pressure, the kneading roller 16 is brought into contact with the ink roller 19 at a predetermined nip pressure. It can be carried out.

  Next, the operation of releasing the kneading roller 16 from the swinging roller 4 and the operation of replacing the kneading roller 16 will be described.

  When the knob 30 is turned to move the slider 25 from the state shown in FIG. 2 in the direction of arrow A, the compression coil spring 28 expands and the elastic force is reduced. Therefore, the lever 21 can rotate in the clockwise direction in FIG. 3B with the second small shaft 14 of the roller holder 11 as the rotation center. Thus, the stud 24, the movable element 25 supported by the stud 24 so as to be able to advance and retract, and the knob 30 for moving the movable element 25 release the biasing of the compression coil spring 28 to the lever 21. The force release means 35 is comprised. Further, when the knob 30 is turned, in FIG. 2, the flange 25c of the moving element 25 is engaged with the ring 26 of the rod 23, and the rod 23 is moved in the direction of the arrow A. As shown in FIG. 4, the second small shaft 14 is rotated clockwise about the rotation center.

  Accordingly, since the second small shaft 14 also rotates in the clockwise direction, the roller holder 11 also rotates in the clockwise direction as shown in FIG. 4A, so that the kneading roller 16 is slightly moved by its own weight. Therefore, the kneading roller 16 is separated from the swing roller 4 and is brought into a detached state. As described above, in order to move the kneading roller 16 in the direction of arrow A by rotating the knob 30 in order to move the kneading roller 16 away from the swinging roller 4 and remove the kneading roller 16, the elastic force of the compression coil spring 28 is obtained. Since the force can be used, the rotating operation force of the knob 30 can be reduced, so that the operability is improved.

  In this state, when the kneading roller 16 is replaced, the opening 12b of the bearing 12 of the roller holder 11 is oriented in the direction of arrow A as shown in FIG. The old kneading roller 16 can be removed from the roller holder 11 by removing the bearing 18 of the roller 16. Therefore, the bearing 18 of the new kneading roller 16 is engaged with the bearing 12 through the opening 12b, and is replaced with a new kneading roller by the above-described operation of the kneading roller 16. Thus, by providing the opening 12b in the bearing 12 of the roller holder 11, not only a tool becomes unnecessary when replacing the kneading roller 16, but also the working time can be shortened.

  Further, inner frames 10 and 10 are provided inside the frame 2, a kneading roller 16 is provided inside the inner frames 10 and 10, and a lever 21, a rod 23, a compression coil spring 28, a knob 30 and the like are provided outside the inner frame 10. Is provided. Therefore, since the ink scattered from the kneading roller 16 can be prevented from scattering to the outside of the inner frame 10, it is possible to prevent the ink from adhering to the lever 21, rod 23, compression coil spring 28, knob 30 and the like. For this reason, since malfunction of these lever 21, rod 23, compression coil spring 28, knob 30, etc. can be prevented, the attaching / detaching operation of the kneading roller 16 can be performed reliably.

Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
[Embodiment 2]

  In the bearing 12 of the roller holder 11 in the second embodiment, the distance between the bearing portion 12a and the axis G1 of the roller holder 11 is from the lower end (point E) toward the center (point F). It is characterized in that the bearing portion 12a is formed by a cam so as to be gradually shortened. That is, the interval R2 between the G1 and the F point is formed shorter than the interval R1 between the G1 and the E point.

  With this configuration, the kneading roller 16 is separated from the swing roller 4 when the bearing 18 of the kneading roller 16 is supported at the point E of the bearing portion 12a as shown in FIG. is doing. When the roller holder 11 is rotated counterclockwise as shown in FIG. 5B from this state, the bearing 18 is supported at the point F of the bearing portion 12a. Since the gap R2 between the G1 and the F point is formed shorter than the gap R1 between the G1 and the E point, the bearing 18 moves upward, so that the kneading roller 16 comes into contact with the swing roller 4.

  In the present embodiment, the bearing portion 12a of the bearing 12 of the roller holder 11 is formed in a U shape. However, only the support portion 12c that supports the bearing 18 of the kneading roller 16 may be formed. Moreover, although the example which applied the roller support apparatus of this invention to the printing machine was shown, it is applicable also to a coating apparatus. Furthermore, although the example which applied the roller support apparatus of this invention to the inking apparatus was shown, it is applicable also to a water supply apparatus. Further, in the present embodiment, the kneading roller 16 is brought into contact with the swing roller 4 by rotating the roller holder 11 connected to the lever 21, but the support for supporting the bearing 18 of the kneading roller 16 is supported. The kneading roller 16 may be brought into contact with the swing roller 4 by connecting one end of the lever 21 to the member and moving the support member.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Ink apparatus, 2 ... Frame, 4 ... Shaking roller (fixed side roller), 10 ... Inner frame, 11 ... Roller holder, 12 ... Bearing, 12a ... Bearing part, 12b ... Opening, 16 ... Kneading roller (moving side roller) ), 18 ... bearings, 21 ... levers, 23 ... rods, 25 ... movers, 28 ... compression coil springs (biasing members), 30 ... knobs, 35 ... biasing release means, G1 ... axis of roller holder, G2 ... the shaft core of the kneading roller.

Claims (8)

  An urging member that urges the moving side roller in a direction in which the moving side roller comes into contact with the fixed side roller in a roller support device that makes the moving side roller contact or separate from the fixed side roller by moving the moving side roller. A lever for transmitting the urging force of the urging member to the moving roller, a means for reducing the urging force of the urging member, and a roller holder that rotatably supports the moving roller and rotates according to the movement of the lever The roller holder is provided with a bearing portion that engages the shaft portion of the moving roller and makes the moving roller contact the fixed roller according to the rotation of the roller holder, and the biasing force of the biasing member An apparatus for supporting a roller, wherein the urging force of the urging member is reduced by means for reducing the urging member, and the moving side roller is separated from the fixed side roller. The biasing member is a spring;
The means for reducing the urging force of the urging member includes a mover that is movably supported and that compresses the spring or reduces the spring force of the spring by movement. Roller support device.   The roller supporting device according to claim 2, wherein the means for reducing the urging force of the urging member includes a knob for moving the moving element. The means for reducing the biasing force of the biasing member comprises a rod supported by the lever,
The moving element is provided with a through hole into which the rod is loosely inserted and a threaded portion that is screwed into the stud.
The spring is interposed between one end of the rod and the end face of the moving element;
The roller support device according to claim 3, wherein the knob is provided on the movable element.   The distance between the force point at which the biasing force of the biasing member is applied to the lever and the rotation center of the roller holder is longer than the distance between the rotation center of the roller holder and the axis of the moving roller. The roller support device according to claim 1, wherein   2. The roller according to claim 1, wherein the moving roller is in contact with the third roller so that the shaft of the bearing is eccentric from the shaft of the moving roller. 3. Support device.   The roller support device according to claim 1, wherein the bearing portion is formed by a cam.   The said moving side roller is guided so that the said moving side roller may move to the direction which contacts the said 3rd roller by the said bearing part, when the said moving side roller contacts the said fixed side roller. Roller support device.

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