A separation roller for a sheet feeding apparatus includes an outer circumferential portion formed from an elastic material, a core portion to which the outer circumferential portion is attached; and a flange portion including a plurality of projecting portions each projecting to an outside in a radial direction with respect to the core portion. At least one of the plurality of projecting portions includes a first surface provided on a side portion thereof on an upstream side in a first direction in which the separation roller rotates in such a manner as to follow the rotary feeding member rotating to feed the sheet. The first surface extends more upstream in the first direction at a position further on an outside in a radial direction with respect to a rotation axis of the separation roller as viewed in the axial direction.

A rotary feeding member for feeding a sheet is provided with a plurality of protruding portions, a plurality of first recessed portions and a plurality of second recessed portions on a cross-section perpendicular to a width direction of the rotary feeding member. The plurality of protruding portions constituting an outer circumferential surface of the rotary feeding member to be in contact with the sheet. Each of the plurality of first recessed portions and the plurality of second recessed portions is provided between any adjacent two of the plurality of protruding portions in the rotating direction. The plurality of first recessed portions are recessed to a first depth with respect to the outer circumferential surface, and the plurality of second recessed portions are recessed to a second depth smaller than the first depth with respect to the outer circumferential surface.

The present disclosure is in one aspect to a dispenser for rolled sheet materials. The dispenser includes a feed roller that is rotatably mounted to a housing of the dispenser housing, and that is configured to feed a predetermined amount of sheet material from the supply of sheet material through a discharge provided along the housing of the dispenser. The dispenser also has a feed roller drive assembly with a drive motor, and a belt transmission assembly. The belt transmission assembly has a drive belt coupled to the drive motor and to the feed roller such that rotation of the feed roller is driven by operation of the drive motor.

Provided are a roller assembly, a battery cell manufacturing device, and an adjustment method of a roller, which relates to the field of battery manufacturing technology. The roller assembly includes a holder, a roller, and a first adjusting member. The roller is rotatably mounted on the holder. The first adjusting member is rotatably mounted on the holder, and one end of the roller is rotatably connected to the first adjusting member. A rotation axis of the roller does not coincide with a rotation axis of the first adjusting member. One end of the roller is rotatably mounted on the holder through the first adjusting member. The rotation axis of the first adjusting member does not coincide with the rotation axis of the roller, and therefore, rotation of the first adjusting member is capable of driving a corresponding end of the roller to rotate, thereby adjusting an extension direction of the roller.

In accordance with an embodiment, a sheet conveyance apparatus comprises a roller, an acceleration sensor, and a controller. The roller conveys a sheet. The acceleration sensor is attached to the roller to output a signal indicating a direction of gravitational acceleration applied to the roller at the time the roller rotates. The controller acquires cumulative angle at which the roller rotates based on the signal output by the acceleration sensor. The controller determines whether to replace the roller based on the cumulative angle acquired by the rotation angle acquisition section.

A sheet feed conveyance device includes a warning section, a pickup roller that feeds a sheet, a separation section, a speed sensor that detects a conveyance speed of the sheet, and a controller. The separation section includes a feed roller that feeds downstream the sheet fed by the pickup roller and a retard roller that returns a sheet involved in multiple sheet feeding toward the pickup roller. The controller recognizes the conveyance speed based on output of the speed sensor, integrate conveyance speeds detected in a measurement time period from rotation start of the pickup roller to elapse of a specific time period, and determines necessity for maintenance of the pickup roller according to a measurement distance as a result of integration.

In accordance with an embodiment, a sheet processing apparatus, containing a controller that acquires a predetermined data associated with a physical quantity of one of a driving motor or a driven member driven by the motor based on a predetermined signal, compare the predetermined data with a threshold value, and determine whether to transmit a request for increasing a discharge interval of a sheet based on the comparative result.

The present disclosure is in one aspect to a dispenser for rolled sheet materials. The dispenser includes a feed roller that is rotatably mounted to a housing of the dispenser housing, and that is configured to feed a predetermined amount of sheet material from the supply of sheet material through a discharge provided along the housing of the dispenser. The dispenser also has a feed roller drive assembly with a drive motor, and a belt transmission assembly. The belt transmission assembly has a drive belt coupled to the drive motor and to the feed roller such that rotation of the feed roller is driven by operation of the drive motor.

A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a rotation unit including a shaft portion and configured to rotate by being pushed by a sheet conveyed, a sensor configured to generate a signal according to a position of the rotation unit in a rotational direction, a first supporting portion configured to rotatably support the shaft portion, a second supporting portion configured to rotatably support the shaft portion, an elastic portion connected to the shaft portion, and configured to extend in an axial direction of the shaft portion, and be elastically deformable in a direction intersecting with the axial direction of the shaft portion, a regulation portion configured to regulate a movement of the rotation unit supported by the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion in the axial direction of the shaft portion by contacting the elastic portion.

A sheet post-processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a sensor, a detection unit, a retrieval unit, and an output unit. The detection unit detects a deterioration of the sensor based on an output value of the sensor. When the deterioration of the sensor is detected, the retrieval unit retrieves an available time indicating a future available time of the sensor. The retrieved available time corresponds to the output value of the sensor. The output unit outputs the retrieved available time.