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US 2010/0059184 A1Published application
Laminating apparatus
AssigneePrimax Electronics Ltd.
InventorYung-Tai Pan
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Abstract
A laminating apparatus having a thickness-detecting function is provided. Before the laminating operation is done, the thickness of the article to be laminated is detected by a thickness detecting mechanism of the laminating apparatus. According to the detected thickness, the temperature or the rotating speed of the heating roller of the laminating apparatus is dynamically adjusted.
Claims7
A laminating apparatus for laminating an article, said laminating apparatus comprising:
- an entrance channel;
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- a thickness detecting mechanism for detecting a thickness of said article entering said entrance channel, and comprising:
- a retractable probe member partially embedded into said entrance channel, wherein a position shift is resulted from said thickness of said article when said retractable probe member is pressed by said article;
- a retractable encoding disc member comprising an encoding disc, a rotating shaft and an elastic element, wherein said rotating shaft is connected to said encoding disc and aligned with a center rotating axle line of said encoding disc, and said elastic element is connected to said rotating shaft;
- a cable connected to said retractable probe member and wound around said rotating shaft, wherein said position shift of said retractable probe member renders rotation of said retractable encoding disc member through said cable;
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- a sensing element disposed beside said encoding disc for detecting a rotation amount of said encoding disc, wherein said thickness of said article is calculated according to said rotation amount detected by said sensing element.
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