Title:
CLUTCH DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3447491
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dispense with a spring or a pressing means replacing the spring and suppress the generation of rotating noise.
SOLUTION: This device is provided with a driving shaft 27 rotated normally and reversely by a drive source 21, an input side clutch 41 fixed to the driving shaft 27, an output side clutch 42 journalled to the driving shaft 27 rotatably and slidably in an axial direction and engaged with the input side clutch 41 so as to transmit rotating power only in one direction, and an intermediate transmission means for transmitting rotating power from the output side clutch 42 to a first load part 22. The output side clutch 42 has a worm 45 on the output side, and the intermediate transmission means has a worm wheel 47, meshed with the worm 45, on the input side. A viscous agent for rotating the worm 45 along with the driving shaft 27 is interposed between the driving shaft 27 and the worm 45.
Inventors:
Noriyuki Kamijo
Kenji Watanabe
Kenji Watanabe
Application Number:
JP31148796A
Publication Date:
September 16, 2003
Filing Date:
November 07, 1996
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation
King Jim Co., Ltd.
King Jim Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
B41J3/36; B41J11/66; B41J23/04; F16D7/04; F16H35/00; (IPC1-7): F16D7/04; B41J23/04; F16H35/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2175173A | ||||
| JP3272880A | ||||
| JP771491A | ||||
| JP217959U | ||||
| JP55142723U | ||||
| JP5937459U |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Minoru Ochiai