ROTATING MECHANISM

• US 3,744,614 A
• Filed: 06/30/1972
• Issued: 07/10/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kenneth L. Shooter, Richard E. Cone, Steve E. Bajtosh
• Original Assignee: Kenneth L. Shooter, Richard E. Cone, Steve E. Bajtosh
• Inventors: Shooter, Kenneth L., Cone, Richard E., Bajtosh, Steve E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Aegerter, Richard E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Miller, James W.
• Application Number:
  US05/268,034
• Time in Patent Office: 375 Days
• Field of Search: 198/33AB 271/65,51
• US Class Current: 198/404
• CPC Class Codes: B41L 19/00 Duplicating or printing apparatus or machines for office or other commercial purposes, of special types or for particular purposes and not otherwise provided for addressographs B41L45/00
• CPC Class Codes: B41L 47/14 Devices or arrangements for storing or handling plates
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 1/121 by printing code marks applying code marks to labels B65C9/46; marking or coding completed packages B65B61/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 13/04 Details, e.g. flaps in card-sorting apparatus

Abstract

A mechanism for positioning a record member on a platform, rotating the platform 180* and then removing the record member from the platform is disclosed. Included in the mechanism is a pair of drive rolls mounted on a rotatably mounted platform which engages and positions a record member on the platform. The platform is then rotated during which movement the drive rolls are disabled. Upon reaching a 180* rotation of the platform, the drive rolls are again operated to remove the record member from the platform. A stationary drive member positioned adjacent the platform will alternately engage each drive roll upon the positioning of the platform in a horizontal plane.

Claims

1. A mechanism for rotating a record member between a record receiving and a record dispensing position comprising a. supporting means mounted for rotation between a record receiving and a record dispensing position;

b. a pair of drive members rotatably mounted on said supporting means in a juxtaposition for moving a record member positioned therebetween when operated, each of said drive members having a driving surface which occupies the same predetermined position when the supporting means is rotated between a record receiving and a record dispensing position;

c. a first drive means positioned adjacent said supporting means and the predetermined position of the driving surfaces of said drive members for engagement with the driving surface of one of said drive members when the supporting means is in a record receiving position for operating said drive member and for engagement with the driving surface of the other of said drive member when the supporting means is in a record dispensing position for operating said other drive member;

d. a normally disabled second drive means engaging said supporting means for rotating said supporting means between a record receiving and a record dispensing position when enabled;

e. and means for sensing the position of a record member on said supporting means when in a record receiving position, said sensing means adapted to acutate said second drive means upon sensing the positioning of a record member on the supporting means by said drive members whereby upon rotation of said supporting means by said second drive means between a record receiving and a record dispensing position, said drive members are disengaged from said first drive means.

2. The rotating mechanism oF claim 1 in which said supporting means includes a. a rotatably mounted platform;

b. a pair of spaced apart guide members mounted on said platform for supporting a record member therebetween;

c. and said drive members are positioned between said guide members to engage a record member positioned on one of the guide members to move the record member onto both guide members when the platform is in record receiving position.

3. The rotating mechanism of claim 2 in which a. said drive members comprise drive rolls rotatably mounted on an axis perpendicular to said platform, said drive rolls each having a portion of its peripheral edge in a common circumferential plane;

b. and said first drive means comprises a stationary drive roll having a portion of its peripheral edge in said common circumferential plane whereby said stationary drive roll will engage one of said drive rolls when the platform is in a record receiving and a record dispensing position.

4. The rotating mechanism of claim 3 in which the drive rolls and the stationary drive roll are rotatably mounted in the same plane when the platform is in a record receiving and a record dispensing position whereby upon rotation of said platform, the stationary roll will be disengaged from said drive rolls.

5. The rotating mechanism of claim 3 in which said stationary drive roll is continuously operated to operate said drive rolls when the platform is in a record receiving and a record dispensing position whereby a record member positioned between said drive rolls will be transported when the platform is in both of said positions.

6. The rotating mechanism of claim 1 in which said first drive means including a constantly operating drive member;

and said normally disabled second drive means includes a clutch member positioned adjacent said constantly operating drive member and engaging said second drive means, said clutch member operated by said sensing means to couple said constantly operating drive member to said second drive means whereby said supporting means is rotated.

7. The rotating mechanism of claim 6 in which said sensing means include a. an electromagnetically operated actuator member engaging said clutch member, said actuator member effective for operating said clutch member when moved to an energized position;

b. position determining means for sensing a predetermined position of a record member in said supporting means, said determining means energizing said actuator member upon sensing a record member in said position for operating said clutch member;

c. and said second drive means includes limiting means for positioning said actuator member in a non-energized position after movement of said supporting means through a predetermined position for disabling said clutch member.

8. The rotating mechanism of claim 7 in which a. said clutch member includes a resilient operating arm normally orientated towards a position actuating said clutch member;

b. resilient means engaging said actuated member for normally urging said actuator member to a non-energized position whereby said actuator member engages and positions said operating arm in a non-actuating position;

c. and said limiting means includes a cam member positioned adjacent said actuator member and rotated by said second drive means, said cam member engaging said actuator member to position said member in a non-energized position under the urging of said resilient means after the actuator member has been moved to an energized position whereby the supporting means will be moved through a predetermined distance.

9. The rotating mechanism of claim 8 in which said predetermined distance is 180* rotation of said supporting means.

10. In a mechanism for transporting and rotating a record member between a record receiving and a record dispensing position comprising a. a rotatably mounted support means for supporting a record member positioned thereon, said support means adapted foR rotation between a record receiving and a record dispensing position wherein the support means will be orientated in the same record movement direction in both positions;

b. a pair of equal diameter pinch rolls rotatably mounted on said support means for transporting, when driven, a record member positioned therebetween onto said support means;

c. a first drive means positioned adjacent said support means to engage and drive one of said pinch rolls when the support means is in a record receiving or a record dispensing position;

d. a second drive means engaging said support means for rotating said support means between a record receiving and a record dispensing position when operated;

e. and sensing means for operating said second drive means upon sensing the positioning of a record member on said support means by said pinch rolls when the support means is in a record receiving position whereby said support means is rotated by said second drive means thereby disabling the driving of said pinch rolls by said first drive means between the record receiving and the record dispensing position of the support means.

11. The rotating mechanism of claim 10 in which said support means comprises a. a rotatably mounted platform member;

b. a pair of spaced apart guide members mounted on said platform for supporting a record member therebetween;

c. and said pinch rolls are positioned between said guide members to engage a record member positioned on one of the guide members to transport the record member onto both guide members when the platform is in a record receiving position.

12. The rotating mechanism of claim 10 in which said first drive means comprises a stationary drive roll mounted in the same plane as that of the axis of rotation of the pinch rolls when the support means is in a record receiving and a record dispensing position whereby upon rotation of said support means from either of these positions, said pinch rolls will be disengaged from said stationary drive roll.

13. The rotating mechanism of claim 12 in which said stationary drive roll is continuously operated to drive said pinch rolls when the platform is in a record receiving and a record dispensing position whereby a record member will be transported when the platform is in both of said positions.

14. The mechanism of claim 10 which includes a. a constantly operating drive means;

b. said second drive means include a normally disabled clutch member mounted adjacent said constantly operating drive means for coupling said second drive means to said constantly operating drive means when enabled;

c. and an actuating member engaging said clutch member and operated by said sensing means upon sensing the positioning of a record member on said support means to enable said clutch member whereby said support means is rotated by said constantly operating drive means.