Patent ID: 6740181
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B29C,B29L,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for manufacturing a cleaning pad comprising:a base; a pair of supply plates separated from each other by a predetermined distance and mounted over the base for supply of the cleaning pad; a supporting plate protruded from an end of the supply plate; a lifting plate located on both sides of the supporting plate to separate the attached cleaning pad using a pneumatic device; an ultrasonic horn with a groove formed in a bottom being vertically movable, located over the supporting plate and driven by an ultrasonic oscillator; an actuator mounted on both sides of the ultrasonic horn to help the ultrasonic horn separate from the cleaning pad; a moving body located under the supporting plate and being movable along a guide rail; a rotary blade mounted on an upper end of the moving body and being movable in the groove of the ultrasonic horn; an air cylinder for moving the moving body; and an inhaler to draw off broken pieces of the cleaning pad generated by the rotary blade; wherein the actuator includes a case mounted on a side of the ultrasonic horn, a press member being vertically slidable in the case, a bottom of which is movable lower than that of the ultrasonic horn, and a spring located in the case to downwardly compress the press member.