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5.InputTransferShaftGearMesh
TheLowerInputRollerisdrivenbyapairofgearsofftheInputTransferShaft.Toensure
Creasingaccuracy,thesetwogearsmustmeshperfectlywithlittleornobacklash.
(SeeFIG.5.0below).
LoosentheGrubScrewwhichsecurestheLaysideAccessHousingfortheLowerInput
Roller.ThisGrubScrewislocatedintheedgeoftheLaysideMainHousing.
RotatetheAccessHousing,whichiseccentric,toadjustthegearmesh-theAccess
Housingisprovidedwithahardenedscrewinitsendfacetofacilitateitsrotation.Whilst
adjustingthegearmesh,continuallyrotatetherollers(usingtheMainDrivePulleyon
theendoftheLowerInputRoller)tocheckthegearmeshiscorrectallthewayround
andthereisnoeccentricityinthegears.FinallytightentheAccessHousingGrubScrew.
5.1.
5.2.
FIG.5.0
InputRollerDriveGears
LowerInputRoller
InputTransferShaft
UpperInputRoller
AccessHousing&GrubScrew
LaysideAccessHousing
HardenedScrew
Adjust
CREASING/FOLDING