Jaw clutch

Clutch device for phase-synchronous coupling of rotating machine elements, comprising two coding elements, respectively, co-rotatable with two driven machine elements, a sensor fixed in position adjacent said coding elements, said coding elements having codings thereon which are variable in angular position with respect to said sensor, said sensor having means for registering information composed from respective codings of said two coding elements, and a clutch control unit connected to said sensor for receiving said information therefrom, said codings comprising open-edged recesses formed in said coding disks.

Clutch device for phase-synchronous coupling of rotating machine elements, comprising two coding elements, respectively, co-rotatable with two driven machine elements, a sensor fixed in position adjacent said coding elements, said coding elements having codings thereon which are variable in angular position with respect to said sensor, said sensor having means for registering information composed from respective codings of said two coding elements, and a clutch control unit connected to said sensor for receiving said information therefrom, said codings comprising openings formed in said coding disks, said openings being of different sizes.

Clutch device for phase-synchronous coupling of rotating machine elements, comprising two coding elements, respectively, co-rotatable with two driven machine elements, a sensor fixed in position adjacent said coding elements, said coding elements having codings thereon which are variable in angular position with respect to said sensor, said sensor having means for registering information composed from respective codings of said two coding elements, and a clutch control unit connected to said sensor for receiving said information therefrom, said circular disks having a circumference, said codings comprising openings formed in said coding disks, said openings being uniformly distributed over the circumference of said coding disks and increasing in size consecutively counterclockwise around the circumference of said coding disks.

Clutch device for phase-synchronous coupling of rotating machine elements, comprising two coding elements, respectively, co-rotatable with two driven machine elements, a sensor fixed in position adjacent said coding elements, said coding elements having codings thereon which are variable in angular position with respect to said sensor, said sensor having means for registering information composed from respective codings of said two coding elements, and a clutch control unit connected to said sensor for receiving said information therefrom, said circular disks having a circumference, said codings comprising openings formed in said coding disks, said openings being uniformly distributed over the circumference of said coding disks and decreasing in size consecutively counterclockwise around the circumference of said coding disks.

Clutch device for phase-synchronous coupling of rotating machine elements, comprising two coding elements, respectively, co-rotatable with two driven machine elements, a sensor fixed in position adjacent said coding elements, said coding elements having codings thereon which are variable in angular position with respect to said sensor, said sensor having means for registering information composed from respective codings of said two coding elements, and a clutch control unit connected to said sensor for receiving said information therefrom, said codings being formed of light reflection fields having at least one characteristic of different sizes and different reflective strengths and, assigned to each of said coding elements is a light source directed towards said codings, and a light receiver for registering light reflected from said codings.

Clutch device for phase-synchronous coupling of rotating machine elements, comprising two coding elements, respectively, co-rotatable with two driven machine elements, a sensor fixed in position adjacent said coding elements, said coding elements having codings thereon which are variable in angular position with respect to said sensor, said sensor having means for registering information composed from respective codings of said two coding elements, and a clutch control unit connected to said sensor for receiving said information therefrom, said sensor being constructed as an inductively operating sensor having induced flux cooperating with said codings of said coding elements.

Clutch device for phase-synchronous coupling of rotating machine elements, comprising two coding elements, respectively, co-rotatable with two driven machine elements, a sensor fixed in position adjacent said coding elements, said coding elements having codings thereon which are variable in angular position with respect to said sensor, said sensor having means for registering information composed from respective codings of said two coding elements, and a clutch control unit connected to said sensor for receiving said information therefrom, one of said machine elements being a driven shaft of a printing machine, and the other machine element being a drive shaft of an imprint unit.

Clutch device for phase-synchronous coupling of rotating machine elements, comprising two coding elements, respectively, co-rotatable with two driven machine elements, a sensor fixed in position adjacent said coding elements, said coding elements having codings thereon which are variable in angular position with respect to said sensor, said sensor having means for registering information composed from respective codings of said two coding elements, and a clutch control unit connected to said sensor for receiving said information therefrom, said clutch control unit including an integrator for receiving information fed thereto from said sensor as an input value.

Method of operating a clutch device for phase-synchronous coupling of rotating machine elements, comprising two coding elements, respectively, co-rotatable with two driven machine elements, a sensor fixed in position adjacent said coding elements, said coding elements having codings thereon which are variable in angular position with respect to said sensor, said sensor having means for registering information composed from respective codings of said two coding elements, and a clutch control unit connected to said sensor for receiving said information therefrom, said clutch control unit including an integrator for receiving information fed thereto from said sensor as an input value, which comprises integrating in the integrating information fed thereto over a given time period by the sensor.