Patent ID: 8590889

Claim:
A roll assembly, comprising: a rotatable input shaft having a rotational axis and being supported by a housing; at least one gear mounted on the input shaft that rotates with the input shaft; a carrier frame mounted on the input shaft and rotatable independent of the input shaft about the rotational axis of the input shaft; a plurality of rolls rotatably mounted about a periphery of the carrier frame, an axial direction of rotation of each roll being transverse to the rotational axis of the input shaft, each roll having a contact surface and a gear face that is operatively coupled to the at least one gear, wherein a diameter of at least a portion of the contact surface of each roll is greater than or equal to a diameter of the gear face of the roll; and a first one-way clutching surface between at least one of (1) at least a portion of the rolls and the carrier frame, (2) the carrier frame and the input shaft, and (3) the carrier frame and a portion of the housing.