US 12,570,491 B2Granted

Roller for supporting materials

AssigneeLG Energy Solution, Ltd.

InventorsKisu Kim, Seyong Na, Sungmin Park, Jin Soo Lee, Jung Su Oh, Seongwon Yoon

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Abstract

A roller for supporting a material according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a rotation shaft; a pipe having a space in which the rotation shaft is inserted; a deforming part that is connected to the rotation shaft and the pipe to deform the pipe; and a support part that is installed at the pipe to support the material. The deforming part includes: a thread portion provided on the rotation shaft; a nut part screwed to the thread portion; an inclined part that is disposed at an inner surface of the pipe and that is pressed by the nut part according to rotation of the rotation shaft; and a driving source that is connected to the rotation shaft to rotate the rotation shaft.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A roller for supporting a material, comprising:

a rotation shaft;
a pipe configured to receive the rotation shaft therein;
a deforming part coupled to the rotation shaft and the pipe, wherein the deforming part is configured to deform the pipe;
and
a support part coupled to the pipe, wherein the support part is configured to support the material,
wherein the deforming part comprises:
a thread portion positioned on the rotation shaft;
a pair of nut parts engaged with the thread portion;
an inclined part disposed in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the pipe, wherein the inclined part is configured to be pressed by the nut part according to a rotation of the rotation shaft;
and
a driving source coupled to the rotation shaft, wherein the driving source is configured to rotate the rotation shaft,
wherein each of the pair of nut parts are coupled to a guide shaft disposed parallel to the rotation shaft.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.