Sheet feed shaft, manufacturing device for the same, and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeTecsia Machinery Corporation
InventorsEiji Tsukada, Masahide Tsukada
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Abstract
A sheet feed shaft includes a metallic rod, and a plurality of projections formed by plastic working to rise in a circumferential direction at a plurality of regions in the circumferential direction and in an axial direction on a peripherical surface of the metallic rod. α and β satisfy following relations (a) and (b) in a range that the α is not less than 300 and not more than 110°, β0=−0.002α2+0.854α−3.72, (a) 0.85×β0≤β≤1.15β0, (b) where an apex angle of the projections viewed from the circumferential direction of the metallic rod is defined as α, and an apex angle of the projections viewed from an axial direction of the metallic rod is defined as β.
Claims1
A sheet feed shaft, comprising:
- a metallic rod;
- and
- a plurality of projections formed by plastic working to rise in a circumferential direction at a plurality of regions in the circumferential direction and in an axial direction on a peripherical surface of the metallic rod,
- wherein α and β satisfy following relations (a) and (b) in a range that the α is not less than 300 and not more than 110°,
- β0=−0.002α2+0.854α−3.72, (a)
- 0.85×β0≤β≤1.15β0, (b)
- where an apex angle of the projections viewed from the circumferential direction of the metallic rod is defined as α, and an apex angle of the projections viewed from an axial direction of the metallic rod is defined as β.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.