Internal structure of a small  laminator motor with a broken gear

(120V, 4W. , 4.2/5 rpm)

Photos by RP.   ronaldpatterson@windstream.net

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My laminator stopped working, so I removed the motor, ground down the tabs, and opened it up.  I discovered several parts of a broken gear.

I chose not to get another gear (or motor), so I got a new laminator.  I posted these photos because it's hard to find them elsewhere. (10/22/15)

Fig. 1  Above:  Motor front with label.  Right: Motor back side  with half-moon shaft.   

Fig. 2 Above:  Internal gears.   Main drive axle is center.   Also, note black hex. gear  at right.     Internal output gear sits in copper shaft.

Fig. 3 Above:  Internal output gear  which  attaches to half-moon axle on the other side.   The axle (facing you) of this gear goes in the copper shaft.  

          Right:  Shattered gear, which fits around the perimeter of the black hex. gear in fig. 2.

Fig. 4 External drive gear, which sits on the half-moon shaft. This gear interfaces with the laminator rollers.