Feedroll stripper
AssigneeSterling Products, Inc.
InventorDavid Mikulski
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Abstract
A feedroll assembly transports input material to a downstream process element. Strippers are located adjacent to rollers in the feedroll assembly to prevent material from wrapping around a roller and accumulating inside the feedroll assembly. A roller may move relative to another roller in the feedroll assembly based on a thickness of the input material. The stripper moves with or in accordance with the roller to maintain a fixed relationship or distance between the roller and the stripper. The roller and stripper may be coupled to a chassis and move together in a fixed relationship.
Claims20
A feedroll assembly including a housing, the feedroll assembly comprising:
- a first roller rotatably coupled to the housing;
- a second roller rotatably coupled to a chassis, the chassis being slidably coupled to the housing and translatable relative to the first roller;
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- a stripper coupled to the chassis, such that a surface of the stripper is adjacent to a surface of the second roller.
A system comprising:
- a feedroll assembly, the feedroll assembly comprising:
- a first roller coupled to a housing of the feedroll assembly;
- a movable roller assembly slidably coupled to the housing and translatable relative to the first roller, the movable roller assembly comprising a chassis, a second roller coupled to the chassis, and a stripper coupled to the chassis, such that a surface of the stripper is adjacent to a surface of the second roller;
- an actuator configured to adjust a position of the movable roller assembly;
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- a motor configured to adjust rotation of the first roller and the second roller.
A method of operating a feedroll assembly, the feedroll assembly comprising a housing, a first roller rotatably coupled to the housing, a support structure slidably coupled to the housing and moveable relative to the first roller, a second roller rotatably coupled to the support structure, and a stripper coupled to the support structure, such that the second roller and the stripper move together with movement of the support structure, the method comprising:
- receiving, at an input of the housing, a production media;
- moving the support structure based on a size of the production media, wherein the movement of the support structure is relative to and independent from the first roller;
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- rotating the first roller, the second roller, or the first roller and the second roller such that the production media advances through the feedroll assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.