Patent ID: 11919257
Assignee: TSUDAKOMA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A tape arranging device comprising:
guide roller units through which tape materials are capable of passing respectively, each of the tape materials being configured with fibers impregnated with resin; and
a moving unit configured to move the guide roller units in a lengthwise direction of the tape materials and to change a distance between adjacent ones of the guide roller units, the adjacent ones of the guide roller units being adjacent to each other,
wherein, after the move in the lengthwise direction of the tape materials by the moving unit, a guide roller unit of the guide roller units that was moved has an equal distance in the lengthwise direction between each adjacent guide roller unit,
wherein the moving unit includes a first support portion, a second support portion, an only one shaft portion, and a drive unit, the first support portion including a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion, the second support portion including a third end portion and a fourth end portion opposite to the third end portion,
wherein the adjacent ones of the guide roller units include first guide roller units and second guide roller units, the first guide roller units being adjacent to each other, the second guide roller units being adjacent to each other,
wherein the first support portion supports the first guide roller units such that rotation axes of the first guide roller units are substantially parallel to each other,
wherein the second support portion supports the second guide roller units such that rotation axes of the second guide roller units are substantially parallel to each other,
wherein the shaft portion rotatably supports the first end portion of the first support portion and the third end portion of the second support portion, and
wherein the drive unit is configured to rotate the first support portion and the second support portion in a direction in which the second end portion of the first support portion and the fourth end portion of the second support portion are away from each other or in a direction in which the second end portion of the first support portion and the fourth end portion of the second support portion approach each other such that the first support portion and the second support portion form a V-shape with the shaft portion as a base point.