IP Library Granted Patent US 11,891,268
Granted Patent B2
US 11,891,268 · App. 18/322,783 · Granted Feb 6, 2024

Tensioning mechanism and method for using tensioning mechanism

Inventors: Jinhui Liu (Ningde, CN); Zhongchao Zhang (Ningde, CN); Cunquan Wu (Ningde, CN); Huan Lu (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
B65H75/249
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Patent No.
US 11,891,268
App. No.
18/322,783
Granted
Feb 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tensioning mechanism includes a housing including an accommodation cavity and configured to be sleeved with a to-be-tensioned material, a tensioning assembly mounted in the accommodation cavity, and a driving assembly mounted on the housing and configured to drive the tensioning assembly to move against the housing, so that at least a part of the tensioning assembly protrudes from or retracts into the housing. The driving assembly includes a handle mounted on an outer side of the housing and configured to manually drive the tensioning assembly to move against the housing.

Claims (58)

1. A tensioning mechanism, comprising:

a housing, wherein the housing comprises an accommodation cavity, and the housing is configured to be sleeved with a to-be-tensioned material;

a tensioning assembly, wherein the tensioning assembly is mounted in the accommodation cavity;

a driving assembly, wherein the driving assembly is mounted on the housing, and the driving assembly is configured to drive the tensioning assembly to move against the housing, so that at least a part of the tensioning assembly protrudes from or retracts into the housing; and

a bearing, wherein the bearing is mounted on the housing through a mounting base, and the bearing at least partly protrudes out of the housing;

wherein the driving assembly comprises a handle, the handle is mounted on an outer side of the housing, and the handle is configured to manually drive the tensioning assembly to move against the housing.

2. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein:

the tensioning assembly comprises a pressing piece and a connecting piece, a first end of the connecting piece is connected to the pressing piece, and a second end of the connecting piece is connected to the driving assembly;

the driving assembly is configured to drive, through the connecting piece, the pressing piece to move against the housing; and

the pressing piece is configured to, when the material is put on the tensioning mechanism, protrude from the housing by a length greater than a distance between the material and the housing.

3. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein:

the tensioning assembly further comprises a rotation shaft located in the accommodation cavity;

the connecting piece is configured to oscillate around the rotation shaft; and

the rotation shaft is located between the first end and the second end, so that the first end and the second end are configured to ascend and descend as driven by the driving assembly.

4. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein:

the tensioning assembly further comprises a first stopper, and the first stopper is mounted in the accommodation cavity; and

the first stopper is configured to limit an oscillation angle of the connecting piece.

5. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 4 , wherein the first stopper is provided with a limiting hole that extends along a height direction of the tensioning mechanism, and the connecting piece extends into the limiting hole.

6. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein the tensioning assembly further comprises an elastomer, one end of the elastomer is connected to the housing, another end of the elastomer is connected to the pressing piece, and the elastomer is configured to drive the pressing piece to reset.

7. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 6 , wherein the tensioning assembly further comprises a fastener, the pressing piece is connected to a movable piece, the movable piece is at least partly located in the fastener and is configured to move against the fastener along a height direction of the tensioning mechanism, to limit a distance by which the pressing piece moves against the housing.

8. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein the driving assembly comprises a plunger rod, one end of the plunger rod is connected to the handle, another end of the plunger rod is connected to the second end of the connecting piece, and the handle is configured to drive, through the plunger rod, the connecting piece to rotate.

9. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 8 , wherein:

the handle is configured to rotate against the housing;

the driving assembly further comprises a cam, the cam is fixedly connected to the handle, and one end of the plunger rod is connected to the handle through the cam; and

the handle is configured to drive the cam to rotate around a rotation shaft, to drive the plunger rod to ascend and descend against the housing.

10. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 9 , wherein:

the housing is a first housing;

the driving assembly further comprises a second housing, and the handle and the cam are mounted in an inner cavity of the second housing through the rotation shaft; and

a limiting portion is disposed on a sidewall of the second housing, a limiting fit portion is disposed on the handle or the cam, and the limiting portion is configured to, when the handle or the cam rotates against the second housing, abut on the limiting fit portion to limit a rotation angle of the handle and the cam.

11. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 10 , wherein:

the driving assembly further comprises a fixing sleeve, and the plunger rod is at least partly located in the fixing sleeve and is configured to slide against the fixing sleeve; and

one end of the fixing sleeve extends into the inner cavity of the second housing and abuts on the second housing, and another end of the fixing sleeve extends into the accommodation cavity of the first housing, and the driving assembly is mounted on the first housing through the fixing sleeve.

12. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second stopper, wherein the second stopper is mounted on the housing, and the second stopper at least partly protrudes out of the housing to restrict the material from detaching from the housing.

13. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 12 , wherein the second stopper is configured to rotate around a rotation shaft against the housing, so that the second stopper protrudes out of the housing or retracts into the accommodation cavity of the housing.

14. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 13 , further comprising:

a magnetic piece;

wherein:

the magnetic piece is mounted in the accommodation cavity;

the second stopper is made of a metal; and

the magnetic piece is configured to, when the second stopper at least partly protrudes out of the housing, fit with the second stopper to limit rotation of the second stopper against the housing.

15. The tensioning mechanism according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first mounting block and a second mounting block disposed opposite to each other along a length direction of the tensioning mechanism;

wherein both the first mounting block and the second mounting block are fixedly connected to the housing, and the mounting base is mounted on the housing through the first mounting block and the second mounting block.

16. A method for using a tensioning mechanism,

the tensioning mechanism comprising:

a housing, wherein the housing comprises an accommodation cavity, and the housing is configured to be sleeved with a to-be-tensioned material;

a tensioning assembly, wherein the tensioning assembly is mounted in the accommodation cavity;

a driving assembly, wherein the driving assembly is mounted on the housing, the driving assembly is configured to drive the tensioning assembly to move against the housing, so that at least a part of the tensioning assembly protrudes from or retracts into the housing, and the driving assembly comprises a handle mounted on an outer side of the housing and configured to manually drive the tensioning assembly to move against the housing;

a bearing, wherein the bearing is mounted on the housing through a mounting base, and the bearing at least partly protrudes out of the housing; and

a pressing piece;

the method comprising:

driving the handle to rotate against the housing, so that the pressing piece at least partly retracts into an interior of the accommodation cavity;

sleeving the housing with the material, the material being a roll-shaped material; and

driving the handle to rotate against the housing, so that at least a part of the pressing piece protrudes out of the housing and abuts on the material, to limit motion of the material against the tensioning mechanism.

17. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising:

driving a second stopper of the tensioning mechanism to rotate against the housing, so that the second stopper retracts into the accommodation cavity of the housing; and

driving the second stopper to rotate against the housing, so that at least a part of the second stopper protrudes from the housing to restrict the material from detaching from the housing.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068338/0723 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2023
From: LIU, JINHUI; ZHANG, ZHONGCHAO; WU, CUNQUAN; LU, HUAN
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 063746/0084 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202111253356.2 · Oct 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
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