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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Yuuji Ohmura, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventor:
Yuuji Ohmura, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 23/16 (2006.01); B65H 23/188 (2006.01); B65H 26/02 (2006.01); B65H 20/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 23/1888 (2013.01); B65H 20/34 (2013.01); B65H 26/025 (2013.01); B65H 2403/72 (2013.01); B65H 2408/2171 (2013.01); B65H 2511/112 (2013.01); B65H 2513/10 (2013.01); B65H 2513/11 (2013.01); B65H 2553/51 (2013.01); B65H 2801/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dancer roller apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a dancer roller; a drive motor; and a dancer roller position changing unit, wherein the dancer roller position changing unit is provided with a one way clutch which allows the dancer roller to move in a long object slack direction, and wherein the drive motor is caused to rotate in a direction such that the dancer roller moves the one way clutch in a long object stretching direction during conveying of a long object.