Patent ID: 6082002
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: B41J,B65H,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of installing a circumferential bearing onto a shaft journal of a printer drive roller, comprising the following steps:providing a drive roller having a shaft journal including a first journal portion having a first diameter and a first axial length dimension, the shaft journal further including a second journal portion adjacent said first portion and having a second diameter and a second axial length dimension, said first diameter larger than said second diameter;providing a bearing having an inner bearing structure with a circumferential opening therein, the opening having a third diameter which is smaller than said first diameter and larger than said second diameter, the bearing having a third axial length dimension which is larger than said first axial dimension and said second axial dimension;pressing the bearing onto the shaft journal by first pressing the bearing onto the first bearing and shearing a top mass of material forming said first journal portion, and subsequently continuing to press the bearing onto the shaft journal second portion while permitting the sheared top mass of material to lodge on a surface of said second journal portion.