Transmission assembly and office machine using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10252871-B2
Application number	US-201615211080-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 15, 2016
Priority date	Aug 11, 2015
Publication date	Apr 9, 2019
Grant date	Apr 9, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a transmission assembly and an office machine comprising the same. The transmission assembly includes a body, a first roller, a second roller, a flexible element, a third roller and a transmission element. The first roller is pivoted at a first position of the body, the second roller is pivoted at a second position of the body, one end of the flexible element connects to the body, the third roller is pivoted besides the first roller in parallel and rotates with the first roller simultaneously, and a transmission element is used to surround axes of the first roller and the second roller; wherein, the rotating directions of the first roller, the second roller, the third roller and the transmission element are the same. The present disclosure provides another office machine using the same.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transmission assembly, transferring a data carrier along a transferring path, the transmission assembly comprising:
a body;
a first roller, pivoted in a first position of the body;
a second roller, pivoted in a second position of the body;
a third roller, disposed in the transferring path;
a flexible element, one end of the flexible element is suitable for connecting to the body; and
a transmission element, connected to the first roller and the second roller along the transferring path;
wherein, the transmission element drives the data carrier to transfer along the transferring path, and the rotating directions of the first roller, the second roller, the third roller, and the transmission element are the same;
wherein, the flexible element is a elastic body;
wherein, when the data carrier is transferred along a transferring path, the second roller is pressed by the data carrier, and then the body pivoted with the second roller is driven to rotate by the data carrier for compressing the flexible element;
wherein, the flexible element is compressed with a compressing length, the distance of the compressing length is equal to the thickness of the data carrier substantially;
wherein, the flexible element is compressed by the body without contacting the data carrier;
wherein, the third roller is pivoted aside the first roller in parallel and rotates with the first roller simultaneously, and the transmission element is disposed aside the third roller.

2. The transmission assembly of claim 1 , wherein the body is a supporting structure, which further comprising a connecting portion disposed under the second roller, the flexible element is located under the body and connected to the connecting portion.

3. The transmission assembly of claim 1 , wherein the transmission element is a belt, a friction surface is disposed on one surface of the belt toward the data carrier, and the transmission element causes the rotating directions of the first roller and the second roller the same.

4. The transmission assembly of claim 1 , wherein a first supporting frame and a second supporting frame are disposed in the first position and the second position of the body respectively, the first supporting frame is disposed in axes of the first roller, the second supporting frame is disposed in axes of the second roller.

5. The transmission assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first roller and the second roller are not connected with each other, and the sum of radius of the first roller and thickness of the transmission element are equal to radius of the third roller substantially.

6. The transmission assembly of claim 1 , wherein the contacting length between the transmission element and the data carrier in the transferring path is longer than triple radius of the first roller.

7. A office machine, comprising:
a data carrier transferring channel; and
a transmission assembly, disposed in the data carrier transferring channel and transfers a data carrier along a transferring path, the transmission assembly being regulated elastically to adjust the height of the data carrier transferring channel according to the thickness of the data carrier,
wherein the transmission assembly comprising:
a body;
a first roller, pivoted in a first position of the body;
a second roller, pivoted in a second position of the body;
a flexible element, one end of the flexible element is suitable for connecting to the body;
a transmission element, connected to the first roller and the second roller along the transferring path;

a third roller, disposed in the transferring path; and
a fourth roller, disposed in the transferring path;
wherein, the transmission element drives the data carrier to transfer along the transferring path, and the rotating directions of the first roller, the second roller, the third roller, the fourth roller, and the transmission element are the same;
wherein, the flexible element is a elastic body;
wherein, when the data carrier is transferred along a transferring path, the second roller is pressed by the data carrier, and then the body pivoted with the second roller is driven to rotate by the data carrier for compressing the flexible element;
wherein, the flexible element is compressed with a compressing length, the distance of the compressing length is equal to the thickness of the data carrier substantially;
wherein, the flexible element is compressed by the body without contacting the data carrier;
wherein, the outer walls of the third roller and the fourth roller can be compressed elastically;
wherein, the third roller is disposed aside the first roller in parallel and rotates with the first roller simultaneously, and the transmission element is disposed aside the third roller, the second roller is disposed aside the fourth roller.

8. The office machine of claim 7 , wherein the axes of the second roller and the axes of the fourth roller are disposed in a vertical line together.

9. The office machine of claim 7 , wherein the contacting length between the transmission element and the data carrier in the transferring path is longer than triple radius of the first roller or the sum of the diameter of the third roller and the radius of the fourth roller.

Assignees

• Avision Inc

Inventors

• Cheng Sung-Po
• Chiu Chin-Chu
• Chen Chi-Yao
• Sheng shao-lan

Classifications

• B65H3/0669

  Driving devices therefor · CPC title

• B65H5/06

  by rollers {or balls, e.g. between rollers (transport by suction rollers B65H5/226)} · CPC title

• B65H2404/2693

  Arrangement of belts on movable frame · CPC title

• B65H3/063

  separating from the bottom of pile (B65H3/0615, B65H3/0623 take precedence) · CPC title

• B65H3/0676

  with two or more separator rollers in the feeding direction · CPC title