Abstract: The present invention is directed to a movable body driving mechanism including a first frame and a second frame that is capable of moving relative to the first frame. The movable body driving mechanism includes a cam groove that is formed in the first frame, and a cam follower that is formed in the second frame and inserted movably in the cam groove. The cam groove includes a plurality of regions having different widths. The cam follower is formed to have a shape with a plurality of outer diameters, and different parts of the cam follower contact an inner lateral surface of the cam groove in each of the plurality of regions. With this configuration, the lateral surface of the cam follower can be made to contact the lateral surface of the cam groove constantly, thus achieving the cam driving without looseness. Also, since the biasing means or the like is not needed, it is possible both to simplify the configuration and to reduce the number of manufacturing steps.

Abstract: A device for transforming a rotational movement into a reciprocating to-and-fro movement has a cam element on a driven carrier shaft. The cam element has an eccentric control area, or lobe. A cam follower can be displaced or pivoted by the cam element. The cam element is rotationally mounted in a flexible encompassing element which is movably connected to the cam follower perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the cam element. The flexible encompassing element surrounds the eccentric control surface of the cam element and a non-driven bearing surface for the cam follower.

Abstract: The present invention provides a means to reduce holding current and driving current of EMVD's effectively and practically and to provide soft landing of a valve. The invention incorporates a nonlinear mechanical transformer as part of an EMVD system. The nonlinear mechanical transformer is designed for the spring and the inertia in the EMVD to have desirable nonlinear characteristics. With the presently disclosed invention, the holding current and driving current are reduced and soft valve landing is achieved. The nonlinear characteristics of a nonlinear mechanical transformer can be implemented in various ways. The concept of the invention can be applied not only to EMVD's but also to general reciprocating and bi-stable servomechanical systems, where smooth acceleration, soft landing, and small power consumption are desired.

Abstract: An apparatus for lifting a pile of flat products especially a pile of sheets or signatures has a lift lever and a cam follower arm with a first and second end. The cam follower arm is coupled to said lift lever. A cam follower is connected to said cam follower arm and a drive link is coupled to one of said ends of said cam follower arm. A drive link roller is connected to said drive link and a guide ramp is arranged for guiding said drive link roller.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for sealing thermoplastic transparent overwraps on packages, in particular cigarette packages, using axially shiftable cylindrical cams enabling variable contact times dependent upon variable rotational speeds of the driving shaft of the overwrap machine as transferred to the cam support shafts. An encoder reads the rotational speed of each cylindrical cam and sends a signal representing that speed to a programmable controller which in turn sends a signal representative of an axial position of the cylindrical cam corresponding to the rotational speed to a reversible servo motor which functions to axially shift the cam support shaft to shift the cam relative to a cam follower. This in turn changes the dwell time of the cam follower and accordingly the contact time between the cam-controlled heater and the seam to be sealed over a variable range, while enabling the contact pressure and the temperature of the heater to remain constant.

Abstract: A camshaft arrangement including a pair of cams (7, 8 ) mounted on the same camshaft (1) with at least one of the cams rotatable relative to the camshaft (17) and with the cams (7, 8) maintained at a given axial spacing on the camshaft (1), a differential mechanism (a, b, c, d) coupling the two cams (7, 8) together for rotation about the camshaft axis with a selected relative angular phase, and phase adjusting means (14, 15) for acting on the differential mechanism (a, b, c, d) to effect a relative rotation of the cams (7, 8) to adjust the selected angular phase of the cams (7, 8) and thereafter to retain the cams in the adjusted position.

Abstract: An engine driven camshaft cam is driven in a manner to superimpose a variable oscillation on the cam as it is rotatably driven in order to vary the period during which an associated valve is opened, the drive including an engine driven gear or sprocket journalled in a block whose axis is displaceable transversely to the axis of the cam, a slider member secured for rotation with the gear and guided for linear radial movement relative to the gear or sprocket, and a rack on the slider member engaged by a pinion coupled to the cam for oscillating the cam relative to the camshaft upon sliding movement of the slider in response to eccentrically displacing the axis of the gear.

Abstract: An oil pump is disclosed for a motor-driven apparatus and in particular for lubricating the cutting chain of a chain saw. The oil pump has a pump piston that is rotatable about its longitudinal axis and has a control cam for its axial reciprocation, which as it revolves comes into contact engagement with a control bolt. A control slide upon which a biasing force is exerted is associated with the pump piston. The stroke of the pump piston is limited during normal operation by means of the control slide. If an increased amount of lubricating oil is required, the limitation on the piston stroke effected by the control slide is overcome by moving the control slide away from the pump piston counter to its biasing force, so that the pump piston can move through its maximum total stroke as predetermined by the control cam.

Abstract: A conveyor cam adjusting apparatus permitting adjustment of the radial position of each cam on a drive shaft while it is rotating. A plurality of individual electric motors are mounted for rotation about a common drive shaft each motor being associated with a single cam. Each motor is provided with a means for manually selectively connecting it to a control means in order to enable an operator to rotate the associated cam relative to the common drive shaft while the shaft is rotating. A sensing means may be used to detect the position of each cam relative to a predetermined reference position and the output of the sensing means may be used by a computer control means to automatically selectively activate each motor to adjust the associated cam accordingly.

Abstract: According to the depicted embodiment, the novel ancillary valve rocker means comprises an ancillary valve rocker which is mountable atop the standard valve rocker, and which has a longer pivot arm, and first and second rods which communicate movement from the standard valve rocker to one end of the ancillary valve rocker, and translate the movement into a greater translation of the valve rod. The first and second rods, secondary push rods, are more widely spaced apart, whereat they engage the ancillary valve rocker than where they engage the standard valve rocker and valve rod end, and this together with the longer "reach" of the ancillary valve rocker causes the valve rod to move through an exaggerated translation. The inventive rocker means are adjustable, whereby the amount of valve rod movement may be selectively determined.