Patent ID: 8210530

Claim:
In an apparatus including a first component mounted within the apparatus and having a shaft, a second component rotatably mounted within the apparatus in proximity with the first component, wherein the first component is translatable relative to the second component and the first component and second component are each rotatable in a first direction and a second direction, a separator device for separating the second component and the first component, the separator device comprising: a clutch mountable about an end portion of the shaft, the clutch rotating with the shaft when the shaft rotates in a first direction and rotating about the shaft when the shaft rotates in a second direction; and a separator member having: a first segment having an aperture sized for mounting the separator member on to the clutch so that the separator member and clutch rotate together; and a second segment extending from the first segment and having an outer contact surface for contacting the second component and spacing a portion of the first component from the second component when the separator device is in a first rotational position, and when the second component rotates in the first direction the separator member and the clutch rotate in the second direction about the shaft of the first component allowing the separator member to disengage and move to a second rotational position about the shaft allowing an outer surface of the second component and an outer surface of the portion of the first component to contact each other, and when the first component rotates in the first direction the clutch engages the shaft of the first component rotating the separator device in the first direction back to the first rotational position and into contact with the second component thereby spacing a portion of the first component from the second component.