Co-axial split drive rollers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11529818-B2
Application number	US-201817267077-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2018
Priority date	Nov 16, 2018
Publication date	Dec 20, 2022
Grant date	Dec 20, 2022

Abstract

In example implementations, a printer module is provided. The printer module includes a co-axial split drive roller, a first motor, a second motor, and a print bar. The co-axial split drive roller includes a first roller and a second roller that are movably coupled at a center of the co-axial split drive roller. The first motor is coupled to the first roller. The second motor is coupled to the second roller. The print bar is coupled to the housing over the co-axial split drive roller.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A printer module, comprising:
a co-axial split drive roller, wherein the co-axial split driver roller comprises a first roller comprising a cylindrical opening, a second roller comprising a center portion, wherein the center portion is inserted into the cylindrical opening of the first roller, and a nested bearing comprising a first bearing and a second bearing around the center portion of the second roller and located inside of the cylindrical opening such that the first roller and the second roller rotate independently;
a first motor coupled to the first roller;
a second motor coupled to the second roller; and
a print bar over the co-axial split drive roller to dispense print material on print media on the first roller and the second roller.

2. The printer module of claim 1 , wherein the co-axial split drive roller comprises a plurality of co-axial split drive rollers.

3. The printer module of claim 2 , wherein a first co-axial split drive roller is located before the print bar and a second co-axial split driver roller is located after the print bar.

4. The printer module of claim 1 , wherein a first side of a print media is moved by the first roller and a second side of the print media is moved by the second roller.

5. The printer module of claim 1 , wherein the first motor rotates the first roller at a rotational speed that is different form a rotational speed of the second roller rotated by the second motor.

6. A co-axial split drive roller, comprising:
a first roller comprising a cylindrical opening; and
a second roller comprising a center portion, wherein the center portion is inserted into the cylindrical opening of the first roller; and
a nested bearing comprising a first bearing and a second bearing around the center portion of the second roller and located inside of the cylindrical opening such that the first roller and the second roller rotate independently.

7. The co-axial split drive roller of claim 6 , further comprising:
a first motor coupled to the first roller to drive the first roller; and
a second motor coupled to the second roller to drive the second roller.

8. A co-axial split drive roller of claim 7 , wherein the first roller is driven at a different rotational speed than the second roller.

9. The co-axial split drive roller of claim 6 , further comprising:
a recessed port to allow for lubrication of the nested bearings.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Development Co

Inventors

• Anderson Ronald R

Classifications

• B65H2404/13212

  and driven independently · CPC title

• B41J15/22

  for feeding webs in separate paths during printing · CPC title

• B65H23/0251

  with a straight axis · CPC title

• B65H2404/132

  arrangement of segments along axis · CPC title

• B65H2404/13211

  and interconnected by gearing, e.g. differential gearing · CPC title