US20160101950A1 - Separating Device - Google Patents

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US20160101950A1
US20160101950A1 US14/553,348 US201414553348A US2016101950A1 US 20160101950 A1 US20160101950 A1 US 20160101950A1 US 201414553348 A US201414553348 A US 201414553348A US 2016101950 A1 US2016101950 A1 US 2016101950A1
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Chia-Hsin Lin
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/02—Separating articles from piles using friction forces between articles and separator
    • B65H3/06—Rollers or like rotary separators
    • B65H3/0669—Driving devices therefor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/02—Separating articles from piles using friction forces between articles and separator
    • B65H3/06—Rollers or like rotary separators
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/02—Separating articles from piles using friction forces between articles and separator
    • B65H3/06—Rollers or like rotary separators
    • B65H3/0638—Construction of the rollers or like rotary separators
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/46—Supplementary devices or measures to assist separation or prevent double feed
    • B65H3/52—Friction retainers acting on under or rear side of article being separated
    • B65H3/5207—Non-driven retainers, e.g. movable retainers being moved by the motion of the article
    • B65H3/5215—Non-driven retainers, e.g. movable retainers being moved by the motion of the article the retainers positioned under articles separated from the top of the pile
    • B65H3/5223—Retainers of the pad-type, e.g. friction pads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/10—Rollers
    • B65H2404/13—Details of longitudinal profile
    • B65H2404/132—Details of longitudinal profile arrangement of segments along axis
    • B65H2404/1321—Segments juxtaposed along axis
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/10—Rollers
    • B65H2404/18—Rollers composed of several layers
    • B65H2404/185—Rollers composed of several layers easy deformable

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  • the present disclosure relates to a separating device, particularly to a separating device disposed inside a business machine and utilizing a friction difference to separate sheets.
  • a separating device which is one of key assemblies of a business machine, is used to separate a plurality of sheets stacked together, to feed the sheets into the business machine one by one.
  • a traditional separating device adopts a rigid separating roller incorporating with an elastic friction component to perform the function of separating sheets.
  • an elastic adjustment assembly such as a spring, must be arranged under the friction component to provide an appropriate push force to enable a friction with certain degree to be kept between the separating roller and the friction component, and this friction is applied to separate the sheets.
  • the elastic adjustment assembly can adjust friction adaptively, but components of the elastic adjustment assembly are numerous and a complex assembly is required. Compared with other assembly, the related components of the elastic adjustment assembly are easy to be invalid due to damage or wear after being operated for a period.
  • An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a separating device which applies a concept of inversely arranging the related device to redesign and re-arrange the related components, for reducing the number of the related components.
  • exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a separating device in which some components are integratedly designed as an integral formation for facilitating subsequent manufacture or assembly.
  • Another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a separating device in which a position limiting structure is used to constrain an acting range of the separating roller for decreasing unnecessary wear and further improving the life time of the separating roller.
  • a separating device is disposed inside a business machine and includes a driving unit, a transmission component, an elastic rotation mechanism and a friction component.
  • the transmission component is linked to the driving unit.
  • the elastic rotation mechanism can be made integrally and disposed on a base structure of the business machine.
  • the elastic rotation mechanism includes a roller axle and an elastic separating roller, a side of the roller axle is linked to the driving unit via the transmission component, the elastic separating roller is sleeved onto the roller axle, and the friction component is disposed on the base structure and is contacted with the elastic separating roller to provide a normal friction force.
  • the elastic separating roller further includes an elastic coating layer on a surface thereof to adjust friction.
  • the elastic rotation mechanism further includes a balanced weight component to compensate the normal friction force.
  • the friction component can include a friction plate or a friction wheel.
  • the elastic rotation mechanism and the transmission component can be integrally formed.
  • a separating device is disposed inside a business machine and includes a driving unit, a transmission component, an elastic rotation mechanism, a position limiting structure and a friction component.
  • the transmission component is linked to the driving unit.
  • the elastic rotation mechanism can be made integrally and disposed on a base structure of the business machine.
  • the elastic rotation mechanism includes a roller axle and an elastic separating roller, a side of the roller axle is linked to the driving unit via the transmission component, and the elastic separating roller is sleeved onto the roller axle.
  • the position limiting structure is disposed on the base structure to constrain an acting range of the elastic rotation mechanism, and the friction component is disposed on the base structure and is contacted with the elastic separating roller to provide a normal friction force.
  • the elastic separating roller further includes an elastic coating layer on a surface thereof to adjust friction.
  • the elastic rotation mechanism further includes a balanced weight component to compensate the normal friction force.
  • the friction component can include a friction plate or a friction wheel.
  • the position limiting structure and the base structure can be integrally formed.
  • the elastic rotation mechanism and the transmission component can be integrally formed.
  • a main objective of the present disclosure is to provide a separating device which has the following advantages.
  • the separating device is integratedly designed.
  • Related components are integrated designed into an assembly integrally formed, so as to decrease time consumption for assembly and an accumulating tolerance produced during assembly.
  • the separating device is applied an inversed design.
  • the friction component which is assembled or disassembled difficultly is replaced by a friction component made of rigid material with higher hardness to decrease an operating wear.
  • the separating roller is made of the elastic material for facilitating subsequent replacement.
  • the number of components can be reduced.
  • the separating roller and the friction component are arranged inversely, so the feedback compensation for the normal friction force is provided by the elastic rotation mechanism. Therefore, the whole elastic adjustment assembly can be discarded to decrease invalidation probability caused by the elastic adjustment assembly.
  • the manufacturing cost can be decreased.
  • the cost of stocking related components, assembly cost and assembly tolerance can be efficiently reduced, so the manufacturing cost is reduced efficiently.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a first embodiment of a separating device of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a second embodiment of the separating device of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a first embodiment of a separating device of the present disclosure.
  • the separating device 100 includes a driving unit 10 , a transmission component 20 , an elastic rotation mechanism 30 and a friction component 40 .
  • the driving unit 10 is a power driving mechanism to provide the driving power for operation of the separating device 100 .
  • the transmission component 20 is linked to the driving unit 10 to drive the roller axle 31 of the elastic rotation mechanism 30 to rotate.
  • the driving unit 10 and the transmission component 20 can be a gear set or a timing belt assembly to transmit a stable rotation rate.
  • the elastic rotation mechanism 30 can be made integrally and disposed on a base structure of business machine (not shown in FIGs).
  • the elastic rotation mechanism 30 includes a roller axle 31 and an elastic separating roller 32 , a side of the roller axle 31 is linked to the driving unit 10 via the transmission component 20 , and the elastic separating roller 32 is sleeved onto the roller axle 31 .
  • the roller axle 31 further includes a bearing 70 at other side thereof, and the bearing 70 is mounted on the base structure to maintain the separating device 100 to operate smoothly.
  • the elastic rotation mechanism 30 and gears of the transmission component 20 can be designed as an integral formation and manufactured by single manufacturing process.
  • the friction component 40 is disposed on the base structure and is contacted with the elastic separating roller 32 to provide a normal friction force.
  • the friction component 40 can be made of rigid material or elastic material, and is disposed on the base structure.
  • the rigid material is taken as example for the material of the friction component 40 in this embodiment, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
  • the friction component 40 can be a friction plate or a friction wheel depended on the usage frequency of the separating device 100 .
  • the material of the elastic separating roller 32 can be selected appropriately according to design parameter, such as shape or size of the elastic separating roller 32 .
  • a surface of the elastic separating roller 32 can further be coated an elastic coating layer 36 , and the material of the coating layer can be selected appropriately according to different usage environment, so that the elastic and hardness of appropriate elastic separating roller 32 can be utilized to provide the normal friction force matching with the requirement.
  • the separating device 100 of the present disclosure is an inversed design, so the elastic rotation mechanism 30 is used to provide the normal friction force for feedback compensation.
  • the elastic rotation mechanism 30 further includes a balanced weight component 38 to compensate the normal friction force, and the weight and arrangement of the balanced weight component 38 should be analyzed and designed precisely.
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic view of a second embodiment of the separating device of the present disclosure.
  • this embodiment further provides a separating device 100 including a driving unit 10 , a transmission component 20 , an elastic rotation mechanism 30 , a position limiting structure 60 and a friction component 40 .
  • the position limiting structure 60 is provided additionally on the base structure to constrain the acting range of the elastic rotation mechanism 30 .
  • the elastic rotation mechanism 30 is limited to only slightly shake at up and down direction and cannot move arbitrarily in large range, to prevent unnecessary wear and improve life time correspondingly.
  • the present disclosure integrates the related components to reduce number of components.
  • the transmission component 20 and the elastic rotation mechanism 30 , or the position limiting structure 60 and the base structure can be designed as an integral formation to reduce the manufacturing procedure and the cost of stocking and assembly procedure can be saved and the accumulating tolerance between components can further be decreased.
  • the present disclosure adopts concepts of the integrated design and the inversed design.
  • the traditional friction component which is assembled or disassembled difficultly is replaced by a friction component made of rigid material with higher hardness to decrease operating wear.
  • the separating roller and the roller axle are combined together to be an elastic rotation mechanism and made by elastic material to maintain the required normal friction force.
  • the elastic rotation mechanism is placed on the base structure by clamping, so it is very convenient to repair or replace the elastic rotation mechanism.
  • the elastic rotation mechanism and the friction component are arranged inversely, and the feedback compensation for the normal friction force is provided by the elastic rotation mechanism, so the traditional elastic adjustment assembly can be discarded. Therefore, the cost of stocking components and assembly can be decreased efficiently, and time consumption for subsequent repair can also be reduced.

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