IP Library Granted Patent US 8,446,650
Granted Patent B2
US 8,446,650 · App. 12/772,727 · Granted May 21, 2013

Document conveying device and document reading apparatus the same

Inventors: Toru Uchida (Kakegawa, JP); Yasukazu Nagura (Kakegawa, JP); Atsushi Uematsu (Kakegawa, JP)
Assignee: NEC Access Technica, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,446,650
App. No.
12/772,727
Granted
May 21, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A document conveying device, include a conveyance roller which conveys a document that is attached to a conveyance roller shaft; and a flywheel connected to the conveyance roller shaft.

Claims (41)

1. A document conveying device, comprising:

a conveyance roller which conveys a document that is attached to a conveyance roller shaft;

a flywheel connected to the conveyance roller shaft;

a flywheel gear attached to the flywheel; and

a conveyance roller shaft gear that is attached to the conveyance roller shaft and engages with the flywheel gear,

wherein the number of the teeth of the conveyance roller shaft gear is greater than the number of the teeth of the flywheel gear.

2. The document conveying device according to claim 1 , wherein

inertia moment of the flywheel is larger than the inertia moment of the conveyance roller.

3. The document conveying device according to claim 1 , wherein

the flywheel gear and the conveyance roller shaft gear are tapered gears.

4. The document conveying device according to claim 1 , wherein

the flywheel gear and the conveyance roller shaft gear are scissors gears.

5. The document conveying device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a load mechanism which consumes a rotational energy of the flywheel.

6. The document conveying device according to claim 5 , wherein

the load mechanism is a fin for stifling the surrounding air.

7. The document conveying device according to claim 1 , wherein

the flywheel has a cover having a dial shape.

8. A document reading apparatus, comprising:

a document conveying device which includes:

a conveyance roller which conveys a document that is attached to a conveyance roller shaft,

a flywheel connected to the conveyance roller shaft,

a flywheel gear attached to the flywheel, and

a conveyance roller shaft gear that is attached to the conveyance roller shaft and engages with the flywheel gear; and

a reading device which reads the conveyed document,

wherein the number of the teeth of the conveyance roller shaft gear is greater than the number of the teeth of the flywheel gear.

9. The document reading apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

the inertia moment of the flywheel is larger than the inertia moment of the conveyance roller.

10. The document reading apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

the flywheel gear and the conveyance roller shaft gear are tapered gears.

11. The document reading apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

the flywheel gear and the conveyance roller shaft gear are scissors gears.

12. The document reading apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a load mechanism which consumes a rotational energy of the flywheel.

13. The document reading apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein

the load mechanism is a fin for stifling the surrounding air.

14. The document reading apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

the flywheel has a cover having a dial shape.

15. The document reading apparatus according to claim 14 , further comprising:

a housing in which the document conveying device and the document reading apparatus are installed, wherein

a part of the cover is exposed from the housing.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2015
From: NEC ACCESSTECHNICA, LTD.; NEC INFRONTIA CORPORATION
To: NEC PLATFORMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 034906/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2010
From: UCHIDA, TORU; NAGURA, YASUKAZU; UEMATSU, ATSUSHI
To: NEC ACCESS TECHNICA, LTD.
Reel/Frame 024328/0011 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-153129 · Jun 29, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100328738A1 · Dec 30, 2010