A lifter gear that is engaged with a drive gear when a sheet feeding cassette is mounted, and that releases the engagement with the drive gear when the sheet feeding cassette is dismounted, wherein when the engagement with the drive gear is released and when the lift plate is lowered, braking force caused by frictional force is applied to the lifter gear from a brake unit and a buffer member absorbs force exerted to the lifter gear.

A chain-install apparatus for facilitating installation of a chain into a conveyor system (e.g., a conveyor system for a cathode stripping machine) comprises: a support structure; a hub assembly coupled to the support structure, a brake assembly operably coupled to the hub assembly, and an attachment arrangement configured to facilitate lifting of the chain-install apparatus by a crane.

Disclosed is a bag dispenser that has a clam-shell arrangement including a hood, base, and also has a mounting system. A bag-dispensing mouth of the system has two opposing members that create resistance when bags (e.g., rolled bags) are pulled out through the mouth. The resistance is adjustable using a cam that can be locked in a variety of positions. The cam engages a drive bar to create the resistance.

In an adhesive material guiding apparatus, a nozzle configured to be disposed at a position facing an adherend as an object to be stuck is provided, and a path is configured such that a threadlike adhesive passes through a through hole formed in the nozzle. A braking member such as a top is disposed at an upstream side of the through hole of the nozzle. The braking member is configured such that at least one of the ease of sticking to the threadlike adhesive and a difficulty in slipping are superior to those of the through hole of the nozzle.

A wire transfer device is provided. The wire transfer device includes a frame, a bobbin connected to the frame and on which a wire is configured to be wound; a holder including a first end connected to the wire and a second end opposite to the first end and configured to be connected to foil; and a guide roller configured to guide a movement path of the wire or the holder. The guide roller includes a groove region for accommodating the wire and a protruding region extending from the groove region and configured to contact with the holder.

A handheld dispenser of pressure sensitive adhesive tape comprising a handle and a rotating spool holder including a brake plate and holding a roll of pressure sensitive adhesive tape on the tape spool holder, and a cutting blade, an idler pulley, and a finger activated trigger stopping the motion of the tape supply reel by engaging the brake plate through actuating a lever coupling the brake plate and the trigger, thus stopping the dispensing of tape when the trigger is pressed by a finger.

A recording apparatus includes a power transmission unit configured to be in a power transmission state in which power of a motor is transmitted to a medium reception tray and a power non-transmission state in which the power of the motor is not transmitted to the medium reception tray, and a switching lever unit configured to switch between the power non-transmission state and the power transmission state. The switching lever unit rotates between a contact position and a non-contact position. When the switching lever unit is at the contact position, the switching lever unit switches between the power non-transmission state and the power transmission state by sliding in contact with the carriage as a carriage reciprocates.

An automatic document feeding device having a main body, a stopping assembly, an actuating assembly and a controller. The main body has a sheet conveying channel of a curvature shape. A sheet feeding roller assembly and a sheet conveying roller assembly are arranged on the sheet conveying channel. The stopping assembly is arranged between the sheet feeding roller assembly and the sheet conveying roller assembly. The stopping assembly is capable of being located in or out of the sheet conveying channel. A buffering channel is located between the stopping assembly and the sheet feeding roller assembly. The controller is electrically connected with the actuating assembly and the sheet feeding roller assembly. The controller controls the actuating assembly to hold the stopping assembly in the sheet conveying channel to block the sheet conveying channel in a predetermined period, and then controls the actuating assembly to stop holding the stopping assembly.

A lifter gear that is engaged with a drive gear when a sheet feeding cassette is mounted, and that releases the engagement with the drive gear when the sheet feeding cassette is dismounted, wherein when the engagement with the drive gear is released and when the lift plate is lowered, braking force caused by frictional force is applied to the lifter gear from a brake unit and a buffer member absorbs force exerted to the lifter gear.

A tape supply device that supplies a tape to an optical cable, the tape supply device includes: an accumulator unit of a multistage unit type divided into units, each of the units including a plurality of movable rollers and a plurality of fixed rollers, the units being connected in series; and a control unit configured to control a supply order of the tape from the units.