US3854344A - Assembly adapted to be assembled from two separate driving bodies - Google Patents

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US3854344A
US3854344A US00414623A US41462373A US3854344A US 3854344 A US3854344 A US 3854344A US 00414623 A US00414623 A US 00414623A US 41462373 A US41462373 A US 41462373A US 3854344 A US3854344 A US 3854344A
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M Konno
M Ichiki
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H7/00—Gearings for conveying rotary motion by endless flexible members
    • F16H7/06—Gearings for conveying rotary motion by endless flexible members with chains
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41L—APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR MANIFOLDING, DUPLICATING OR PRINTING FOR OFFICE OR OTHER COMMERCIAL PURPOSES; ADDRESSING MACHINES OR LIKE SERIES-PRINTING MACHINES
    • B41L23/00—Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in connection with printing
    • B41L23/20—Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in connection with printing by heat drying, by cooling, by applying powders
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B27/00—Photographic printing apparatus
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03D—APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING EXPOSED PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03D15/00—Apparatus for treating processed material
    • G03D15/02—Drying; Glazing
    • G03D15/027—Drying of plates or prints
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
    • Y10T74/19—Gearing
    • Y10T74/19614—Disconnecting means
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
    • Y10T74/21—Elements
    • Y10T74/2186—Gear casings

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  • a copying machine represented by a reference 10 has a housing 11 in which various mechanisms (not shown) necessary for copying operation are accommodated.
  • a drying machine 12 to be associated with the copying machine 10 has a housing 13 in which various mechanisms (not shown) necessary for drying a copied paper are provided.
  • the copying machine 10 and the drying machine 12 have the confronting surfaces 11a and 13a of the respective housings abutted relative to each other and mechanically connected by a connecting mechanism l4.
  • the connecting mechanism 14 has an upper-engaging pins 15 and lower engaging pins 16 respectively projected from the opposite 7 sides of the housing adjacent to one end surface 1 la of engageable with the opposite gear and, furthermore,
  • An assembly comprises a first body, a second body, means for mechanically connecting these bodies together, a first chain belt provided in the first body so as to be driven, a second chain belt .provided in the second body so as to be driven, and a transmission sprocket provided in the first body to mesh with the first chain belt and adapted to mesh with the second chain belt, when the first and second bodiesare mechanically connected together, to permit these'bodies to be operatively connected together.
  • Any one of the first and second bodies may be a main body or sub-body.
  • the transmission sprocket may be provided in the main body or sub-body.
  • a driving source of the chain belt may be disposed I outside of the main body or sub-body so as to drive one of therespective chain belts by a suitable power transmitting means.
  • a driving source of the chain may be provided in the main body or sub-body.
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the connecting section of the assembly.
  • upper engaging members 17 and lower engaging members 18 projecting outwardly from one end surface of the drying machine and engageable with the upper and lower engaging pins.
  • the lower engaging members have their basicends firmly mounted within the housing and have engaging recesses 18a provided attheir forward end surfaces.
  • the upper engaging members '17 are pivotally mounted to the housing 13..Wire springs 19 are connected to the base ends of the-upper engaging members 17 to permit the upper engaging members to be urged in a counterclockwise direction in FIG. 3.
  • Theupperengaging member 17 has a portion extending outwardly through an optning provided in the upper surface of the housing, and a push button 20 is mounted at the extending portion of the upper engaging member.
  • a push button 20 is depressed to cause the engaging member 17 to be swung in a clockwise direction against the force of the spring 19 as shown in FIG. 1, and the housing 13 of the drying machine is moved ina direction indicated by an arrow in FIG. 1 to thereby abut together the end surfaces 11a,
  • a plurality of guide sprockets 21 are rotatably mounted at predetermined intervals. These sprocketsv 21 may be mounted directly to the inner wall of the housing or may be mounted through suitable bearings.
  • An endless chain belt 22 is carried and guided on these sprocket wheels 21.
  • the chain belt 22 is driven by a drive sprocket 23 connected to a motor (not shown).
  • a transmission sprocket 24 rotatably mounted at the center level of the housing in a manner that the part of the sprocket 24 projects outwardly of the end surface 11a of the housing 11.
  • the sprocket 24 is engaged with the chain belt 22 and is rotated by the drive of the chain belt.
  • the guide sprocket 25 guides an endless chain belt 26 and various mechanisms of the drying machine are driven by the movement of the chain belt 26.
  • a tension sprocket 27 is engaged with the endless belt 26 to cause the belt 26 to be urged in a direction of the end surface of the housing 11, thereby imparting a predetermined tension to the belt.
  • the tension sprocket 27 may comprise a normal sprocket, a compression spring disposed between the sprocket and the housing to urge the sprocket normally in a direction of the belt, and a mechanism for movably holding the sprocket only in a direction of the belt.
  • the button 20 is depressed to cause the engaging member 17 to be swung in a clockwise direction to permit the engaging member to be disengaged from the pin 15. Then, the housing 13 of the drying machine is removed from the copying machine 10. Thus, the drying machine is mechanicallyand operatively disconnected from the copying machine.
  • a main body sub-body assembly according to this invention is very simple in construction and capable of being easily assembled irrespective of whether one of the two bodies is in the driving state or in the non-driving state.
  • an assembly may be constructed in a manner that a copying machine can not be operated without connection with a drying machine.
  • This construction may be easily obtained by providing a microswitch in the copying machine which is closed to drive the motor only when an upper engaging member is engaged with a pin and which is opened when disengaging of the upper engaging member and
  • the main body and sub-body have been explained as the copying machine and drying machine respectively, this invention should not be restricted thereto.
  • This invention is applicable to any main body sub-body assembly in-which various mechanisms are driven by chain belts respectively provided in the main body and sub-body, the chain belt of the main body beingdriven by a drive source.
  • the drive sprocket may be provided in the subbody instead of the main body.
  • any means may be used as far as the main body and sub-body can be positively connected together.
  • An assembly adapted to be detachably assembled from first and second bodies comprising means for mechanically connecting together these two bodies, a first chain belt provided in the first body so as to be driven, a second chain belt provided in the second body so as to be driven, and a transmission sprocket provided in the first body to be engaged with the first'chain belt and, when the first and second bodies are mechanically connected together, adapted to be engaged with the second chain belt to permit the first and second chain belts to be operatively connected together.
  • first and second bodies have first and second housings, respectively, connected together at their respective end surfaces and including said first and second chain belts and said transmission sprocket has its peripheral surface partially extending outwardly of the end surface of the first housing and is operatively engaged, at said peripheral surface, with the second chain belt of the second housing when both the housings are mechanically connected together.
  • said mechanically connecting means has a pair of engaging pins provided in a spaced-apart relationship and near the end surface of the first housing and a pair of engaging members provided in the second housing in a spaced-apart relationship in a manner to project outwardly of the end surface of the second housing so that the respective engaging members are engaged with the corresponding pins when the first and second bodies are connected together.

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DE4039206A1 (de) * 1990-12-08 1992-06-11 Audi Ag Antriebsvorrichtung
US5816969A (en) * 1996-10-21 1998-10-06 Muskek Systems, Inc. Driving apparatus for a flatbed scanner
US20150240934A1 (en) * 2014-02-21 2015-08-27 Kuhn North America, Inc. Cartridge drive

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US2968190A (en) * 1958-02-17 1961-01-17 Borg Warner Transmission mechanism

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US2968190A (en) * 1958-02-17 1961-01-17 Borg Warner Transmission mechanism

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DE4039206A1 (de) * 1990-12-08 1992-06-11 Audi Ag Antriebsvorrichtung
US5816969A (en) * 1996-10-21 1998-10-06 Muskek Systems, Inc. Driving apparatus for a flatbed scanner
US20150240934A1 (en) * 2014-02-21 2015-08-27 Kuhn North America, Inc. Cartridge drive
US9377097B2 (en) * 2014-02-21 2016-06-28 Kuhn North America, Inc. Cartridge drive

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