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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1992
Juro Tachibana, Matsuyama, JP;
Yoshihide Nishimura, Ehime, JP;
Teijin Seiki Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A dropper random-separating mechanism comprising a plurality of dropper rows arranged in parallel, a plurality of pairs of separating pawls corresponding in number to the plurality of dropper rows, each pair of separating pawls being adapted for separating a foremost dropper of the corresponding dropper row so that a predetermined dropper separation space is formed between the foremost dropper and the following droppers of the corresponding dropper row, a plurality of cams provided on a common rotational shaft, each cam being adapted for driving the corresponding separating pawl, a plurality of power transmission units provided between the cams and the separating pawls for forming power transmission paths between the cams and the separating pawls, a drive unit for driving the common rotational shaft so that one separating pawl of the plurality of pairs of separating pawls is actuated by the corresponding cam, and a regulating unit for connecting and disconnecting the power transmission paths. The actuation of the one separating pawl is regulated by disconnecting the corresponding power transmission path when the common rotational shaft is rotated.