Contact-and-separation system, image forming apparatus, and contact-and-separation method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10053317-B2
Application number	US-201715662538-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2017
Priority date	Aug 8, 2016
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

A contact-and-separation system includes a first roller, a second roller, and a contact-and-separation device. The first roller contacts a belt. The second roller is opposed to the first roller. The contact-and-separation device contacts or separates the belt to or from the second roller via a sheet conveyed. The contact-and-separation device includes an eccentric cam, a motor, and a circuitry. The eccentric cam is mounted on an end of a rotation shaft of the first roller. The motor rotates the eccentric cam. The circuitry controls the motor to rotate the eccentric cam to contact or separate the belt to or from the second roller via the sheet conveyed. The circuitry controls the motor to decelerate a rotation speed of the motor on contact or separation of the belt to or from the second roller between the first roller and the second roller.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A contact-and-separation system comprising:
a first roller contacting a belt;
a second roller opposed to the first roller;
a contact-and-separation device to contact or separate the belt to or from the second roller via a sheet conveyed, the contact-and-separation device including:
an eccentric cam mounted on an end of a rotation shaft of the first roller;
a memory;
a motor to rotate the eccentric cam; and
a circuitry to control the motor to rotate the eccentric cam to contact or separate the belt to or from the second roller via the sheet conveyed, and to decelerate a rotation speed of the motor on contact or separation of the belt to or from the second roller between the first roller and the second roller,
wherein the circuitry is further configured to store, on the memory, data on a timing at which the circuitry determines that the contact-and-separation device has contacted the belt to the second roller, and wherein the circuitry is further configured to drive the contact-and-separation device so that the rotation speed of the motor in a period of time before and after the timing at which the contact-and-separation device has contacted the belt to the second roller is relatively lower than each of the rotation speed of the motor in moving the belt toward the second roller from a separation state in which the belt is separated from the second roller and the rotation speed of the motor in pressing the belt and the second roller to a contact pressure after the belt has contacted the second roller.

2. The contact-and-separation system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the circuitry is configured to perform feedback control of the rotation speed and a rotation angle of the motor.

3. The contact-and-separation system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the eccentric cam includes a deformed portion of a convex or concave shape.

4. The contact-and-separation system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the eccentric cam has a shape so that a load variation on hitting of the deformed portion on the second roller is relatively greater than another load variation on contact or separation of the belt to or from the second roller between the first roller and the second roller, and
wherein the circuitry is configured to decelerate the rotation speed of the motor at a timing based on the relatively greater load variation.

5. The contact-and-separation system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is disposed in a central processing unit of a host machine that conveys a recording medium.

6. An image forming apparatus comprising:
the contact-and-separation system according to claim 5 ; and
the central processing unit.

7. A contact-and-separation system comprising:
a first roller contacting a belt;
a second roller opposed to the first roller;
a contact-and-separation device to contact or separate the belt to or from the second roller via a sheet conveyed, the contact-and-separation device including:
an eccentric cam mounted on an end of a rotation shaft of the first roller;
a memory;
a motor to rotate the eccentric cam; and
a circuitry to control the motor to rotate the eccentric cam to contact or separate the belt to or from the second roller via the sheet conveyed, and to decelerate a rotation speed of the motor on contact or separation of the belt to or from the second roller between the first roller and the second roller,
wherein the circuitry is configured to store, on the memory, data on a timing at which the circuitry determines that the contact-and-separation device has separated the belt from the second roller, and
wherein the circuitry is configured to drive the contact-and-separation device so that the rotation speed of the motor in a period of time before and after the timing at which the contact-and-separation device has separated the belt from the second roller is relatively lower than each of a rotation speed of the motor in reducing a contact pressure of the belt and the second roller from a contact state in which the belt is in contact with the first roller and the second roller and a rotation speed of the motor in relatively increasing a distance between the first roller and the second roller after the belt separates from the second roller.

8. The contact-and-separation system according to claim 7 , wherein the circuitry is disposed in a central processing unit of a host machine that conveys a recording medium.

9. An image forming apparatus comprising:
the contact-and-separation system according to claim 8 ; and
the central processing unit.

10. The contact-and-separation system according to claim 7 ,
wherein the circuitry is configured to perform feedback control of the rotation speed and a rotation angle of the motor.

11. The contact-and-separation system according to claim 7 ,
wherein the eccentric cam includes a deformed portion of a convex or concave shape.

12. The contact-and-separation system according to claim 11 ,
wherein the eccentric cam has a shape so that a load variation on hitting of the deformed portion on the second roller is relatively greater than another load variation on contact or separation of the belt to or from the second roller between the first roller and the second roller, and
wherein the circuitry is configured to decelerate the rotation speed of the motor at a timing based on the relatively greater load variation.

13. A contact-and-separation system comprising:
a first roller contacting a belt;
a second roller opposed to the first roller;
a contact-and-separation device to contact or separate the belt to or from the second roller via a sheet conveyed, the contact-and-separation device including:
an eccentric cam mounted on an end of a rotation shaft of the first roller;
a memory;
a motor to rotate the eccentric cam; and
a circuitry to control the motor to rotate the eccentric cam to contact or separate the belt to or from the second roller via the sheet conveyed, and to decelerate a rotation speed of the motor on contact or separation of the belt to or from the second roller between the first roller and the second roller,
wherein the circuitry is configured to store, on the memory, data on a timing at which the circuitry determines that the contact-and-separation device has contacted the belt to the second roller, and
wherein the circuitry is configured to drive the contact-and-separation device so that a pulse interval in a pulse section within a number of pulses before and after the timing at which the contact-and-separation device has contacted the belt to the second roller is relatively greater than each of a pulse interval in approaching the belt to the second roller from a separation state in which the belt is separated from the second roller and a pulse interval in pressing the first roller and the second roller to a contact pressure after the belt has contacted the second roller.

14. The contact-and-separation system according to claim 13 , wherein the circuitry is disposed in a central processing unit of a host machine that conveys a recording medium.

15. An image forming apparatus comprising:
the contact-and-separation system according to claim 14 ; and
the central processing unit.

16. The contact-and-separation system according to claim 13 ,
wherein the circuitry is configured to perform feedback control of the rotation speed and a rotation angle of the motor.

17. The contact-and-separation system according to claim 13 ,
wherein the eccentric cam includes a deformed portion of a convex or concave shape.

18. The contact-and-separation

Assignees

• Nakamoto Shogo
• Seki Takeo
• Murata Takuya
• Sakamoto Shogo
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nakamoto Shogo
• Seki Takeo
• Murata Takuya
• Sakamoto Shogo

Classifications

• G05B11/42

  for obtaining a characteristic which is both proportional and time-dependent, e.g. P. I., P. I. D. · CPC title

• H02K7/116

  with gears · CPC title

• G03G15/757

  Drive mechanisms for photosensitive medium, e.g. gears · CPC title

• B65H2403/512

  involving radial plate cam · CPC title

• B65H2404/255

  Arrangement for tensioning · CPC title