Abstract:
Capstan drive arrangement for high speed intermittent tape drive, including a motor driven capstan, an idler roller carried on a lever arm, and an electromagnet selectively operable to pivot the level about its axis to urge the idler roller towards the capstan to produce a tape driving pinch. The level arm is arranged so that when the electromagnet is not operated, the idler roller contacts the tape with substantially negligible pressure. The drive arrangement also includes a damping system having an elastically deformable connection between the lever arm and a rod having a side surface held in contact with a fixed abutment by a pusher.
Abstract:
A rotating drum has a gripper bar mounted for cooperation therewith to convey sheets. The gripper bar is manually moved from a stationary first position spaced from the rotating drum to a second position to grip the sheet against the drum and rotate therewith. After moving through a predetermined angle, the eccentric mounting of the gripper bar causes the bar to move away from the drum and assume the stationary first position.