US 7,246,694 B2Granted

Friction roller in conveyor

AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsYasushi Yamahara, Masanori Motoda, Masashi Kimura, Masaharu Sugiura, Akira Ishii, Toshitaka Aoki

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Abstract

A friction roller (10) includes a support roller (11) and an annular elastic ring (15) which it externally fitted to the support roller (11). The support roller (11) is divided into two portions in a thickness direction, that is, a first divided roller (12) and a second divided roller (13). A flange (127) is formed on one side of the first divided roller (12), and a taper face (128) is formed in an outer peripheral face of the first divided roller (12). A knurling portion (129) is formed in the taper face (128). A flange (136) is formed on one side of the second divided roller (13), and a taper face (137) is formed in an outer peripheral face of the second divided roller (13). A knurling portion (138) is formed in the taper face (137). Meanwhile, taper faces (151, 152) expanding outward are formed in an inner peripheral face of the elastic ring (15). The taper faces (151, 152) of the elastic ring (15) are engaged with the taper face (128) of the first divided roller (12) and the taper face (137) of the second divided roller (13).

Claims3

Dependent claims

A friction roller, which is fitted to a conveyor in an assembly line, and which conveys a jig pallet. comprising:

an annular elastic ring which can come into contact with the jig pallet;
and
a support roller which is internally fitted to the elastic ring, and which is connected to a drive source, wherein the elastic ring includes positioning means for positioning the support roller;
the support roller is formed so as to be divided into two divided portions in a thickness direction;
and each of the two divided portions is internally fitted to the elastic ring, and then the two divided portions are combined such that the elastic ring and the support roller are integrated;
wherein the positioning means of the elastic ring includes symmetrical taper faces which expand outward to both lateral faces, and which are formed in an inner peripheral face of the elastic ring.
wherein an outer peripheral face of each of the divided portions of the support roller is formed to have a taper face so that the outer peripheral face can be positioned with respect to the elastic ring, and a taper angle of the taper face of each of the divided portions is smaller than that of each of the taper faces formed in the inner peripheral face of the elastic ring.

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