Sheet clamping arrangement for rotatable drums

Details Sheet clamping arrangement for rotatable drums Sheet clamping arrangement for rotatable drums

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B41J 13/00 (2006.01) B41J 13/22 (2006.01) B65H 5/12 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 1288110

SHEET CLAMPING ARRANGEMENT FOR ROTATABLE DRUMS ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A sheet clamping system for rotatable drums especially suited for use in retaining and positioning successive receiver sheets for high speed printers. The clamping system enables unidirectional movement of a sheet during delivery of the sheet to the drum from a supply stack, during clamping of the leading edge of the sheet to the drum followed by clamping of the trailing edge of the same sheet to the drum and during subsequent release and delivery of the sheet to a receiving stack or tray. The system features a cam system for actuating respective leading and trailing edge clamps which is supported on the same shaft to which drum driving rotation is supplied by a drive motor. In one embodiment where the drive motor is reversible, a one- way clutch connection of the drum to the shaft enables drum rotation during one rotational direction of the shaft whereas clamping bar actuation is effected by rotation of the shaft in the opposite direction while holding the drum. In an alternative embodiment, the drum is fixed to the shaft which is driven in a working direction only by a first relatively high speed motor, the cam means is rotatable on the shaft, and a second relatively slow speed stepping motor drives the cam means and the drum during sheet loading and unloading operations.

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