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AssigneesHowa Plastics Co., Ltd., Ultra Manufacturing Limited
InventorsKatsuaki Okuno, Yoshiki Torii
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Abstract
In a register 10, coupling between a transmission shaft 65 and a dial control knob 21 and coupling between the transmission shaft 65 and a boss member 73 are each made with a universal joint. Rotation of the dial control knob 21 is transmitted to a damper 19 via the transmission shaft 65, the boss member 73, and a cam member 75. A case member 74 rotatably holds the boss member 73 and the cam member 75. A boss pivot 74F of the boss member 73 is offset from a camshaft 75B of the cam member 75 in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the boss pivot 74F. Accordingly, the cam member 75 rotates about a rotation center eccentric from the boss member 73 as the boss member 73 rotates to open and close the damper 19.
Claims9
A register comprising:
- a damper drive mechanism for tilting a damper that tilts between an open position where an air passage is open and a closed position where the air passage is closed by transmitting rotation, while changing a direction thereof, of a control knob transmitted from the control knob via a transmission shaft to the damper to tilt the damper between the open position and the closed position,
- the damper drive mechanism comprising:
- a boss member coupled to the control knob via the transmission shaft;
- a case member holding the boss member rotatably about a boss pivot;
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- a cam member held by the case member rotatably about a camshaft and coupled to the boss member, the cam member rotating in accordance with rotation of the boss member to tilt the damper, wherein
- coupling between the transmission shaft and the control knob and coupling between the transmission shaft and the boss member are each made with a joint mechanism, and
- the case member
- holds the camshaft at a position offset from a straight line that is along an axial direction of the boss pivot in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the boss pivot to rotate the cam member about the camshaft that is eccentric in accordance with the rotation of the boss member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.