MACHINE FOR EXTENDING ROLLED CLOTH

Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine for extending rolled cloth, which is used for unrolling rolled cloth, cutting the unrolled cloth into a fixed length and piling the cut cloth. The machine for extending rolled cloth comprises a carriage (10) provided with wheels (12) and a driving source, a rolled cloth-holding stand (20), a cloth-supplying stand (40) provided with a draw-out roller (17), a cutting device (30,31) and an ascending and descending means (4.5,6,7,8). During the cloth-extending operation, the cloth-supplying stand (40) and the cutting device (30,31) are moved up and down against the carriage (10) by the ascending and descending means (4.5.6.7.8) in accordance with the height of piled cloth.

Description: This invention relates to a machine for extending rolled cloth which is used or unrolling rolled cloth, cuttng unrolled cloth into a fixed length and piling the cut cloth. More particularly, it relates to a machine for extending rolled cloth which comprises a carriage with running wheels and a driving source, a rolled cloth-holding stand, a cloth-supplying means provided with a draw-out roller, a cutting device, and an ascending and descending means. In the machine for extending rolled cloth of the present invention, the cloth-extending operation is effected as follows: rolled cloth supported on the rolled cloth-holding stand is untied from the beginning end, supplied from the rolled cloth-holding stand to the cloth-extending portion by a draw-out roller provided on the cloth-supplying portion, introduced to the cloth-extending portion, and cut to a fixed length by the cutting means while moving on the cloth-extending stand. During the operation, the cloth-supplying portion and the cutting device are moved up and down against the machine body by the ascending and descending means in accordance with the height of piled cloth. A conventional cloth-extending machine is shown in side elevation in Fig. 4 of the accompanying drawings and has a carriage 10, wheels 12 running on a cloth-extending stand 1 and driving means such as a motor (not shown). A stand 20 supports a roll of cloth which is to be subjected to cloth-extending, and there is a cutting device 30 for cutting the cloth 2 into a fixed length. Within the carriage 10, are guide rolls 14, 15 for guiding the cloth 2 supplied from the stand 20, and also a roller 17 for feeding the cloth 2 onto the cloth-extending stand 1 by way of a slide plate 36 at the front end of the cutting device 30. On the receiving portions of the rolled cloth holding stand 20, are supported the axles of a roll 3 on which the cloth to be extended is carried, so that it can be fed to the cloth-extending portion of the machine. The cutting device 30 has a blade 31 which moves in a vertical direction so as to cut the extended cloth 2 in front of the slide plate 36. In the above construction, the cloth-extending operation is as follows: The rolled cloth 3 is unrolled by the cloth unrolling roller 29; and guided by the guide rolls 14, 15, is drawn onto the cloth-extending stand 1 and upon the slide plate 36 of the cutting device 30 by rotation of the draw-out roller 17 which rotates at the same speed as the carriage 10. During this operation, a carriage 10 runs a fixed distance along the cloth-extending stand 1. Then after the cloth 2 has been cut by the blade 31 of the cutting device 30 the carriage 10 returns to it's starting position. Thus, the cloth-extending operation is repeated. In the conventional cloth-extending machine, however, since the draw-out roller 17 for feeding the cloth 2 onto the cloth-extending stand 1 is fixed on the front upper portion of the carriage 10, a long length of the cloth 2 hangs from the draw-out roller 17 to the slide plate 36 of the cutting device 30. This hanging length of cloth is apt to be affected by wind, and so forth which causes it to shift in the lateral direction, or to produce folds or undulations in the cloth 2. With the general object of overcoming the above mentioned drawbacks, the present invention proposes a cloth-extending machine in which the distance between the draw-out roller and the cloth-extending stand, i.e. the hanging distance, is as short as possible, so that slack parts of cloth can be eliminated. To this end a cloth-extending machine according to the present invention comprises a draw-out roller, a cloth-supplying portion integrated with a cloth-holding stand, and a cutting device which can move up and down, whereby the cloth-supplying portion moves up and down in accordance with the height of piled cloth and the length of cloth hanging from the draw-out roller can be kept fixed so as to remove slack parts on the cloth. A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and is hereinafter described. In these drawings: Fig. 1 is a side view of the cloth-extending machine; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the cloth-extending machine of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side view of the cloth-extending machine of Fig. 1 showing an operative condition; and Fig. 4, already referred to, is a simplified side view of a conventional cloth-extending machine. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a particular cloth-extending machine according to the present invention comprises a carriage 10, a rolled cloth-holding stand 20, a cutting device 30, an ascending and descending means, which is one of the essential features of the present invention, and a cloth-supplying portion 40 integrated with the cloth-holding stand 20, the cutting device and so forth. On the carriage 10 is a motor (not shown) for driving the carriage by rotating a back wheel 12 through a sprocket 9. The drive to a front wheel 12 is transmitted from a sprocket 13 to a sprocket 27 of a gear box 26 through a chain 16, and then from a pulley 28 of the gear box to a draw-out roller 17 through a belt 18, a changing gear 19, a chain 41, a sprocket 42, a chain 43, a sprocket 44, a chain 45, a sprocket 46, a chain 47, a guide rod 48 and a sprocket 49, whereby the rotating force synchronized with the running of the machine carriage 10 is transmitted to the draw-out roller 17. At the front end of the cloth-supplying portion 40, is fixed the draw-out roller 17. To the back of the draw-out roller is arranged a drum 50 for guiding the cloth. On both side plates of the cloth-supplying portion there is fixed a block 7 which is mounted for guided vertical sliding movement and constitutes an ascending and descending means. When rotation of a motor 4 for vertical driving is transmitted to a pinion 5 through a worm and wheels, engagement of the pinion 5 with a rack 6 causes the slide block 7 to slide along a rail 8 provided on the machine cariage 10, whereby the cloth-supplying portion 40 moves up and down together with the cloth-holding stand 20 and the cutting device 30. By driving of a motor 25 for regulating the selvage of cloth provided on the back end of the carriage, the rolled cloth-holding stand 20 is moved horizontally and in the vertical direction against the cloth-extending direction so as to regulate the selvage of cloth to be supplied. On the rolled cloth-holding stand 20 there is installed a cloth-unrolling roller, which is rotated from a driving motor 21 through a gear 22 and a chain 23. The mode of operation of the cloth-extending machine of the present invention as above described is as follows: Cloth 2 is supplied by rotation of the draw-out roller 17, and in accordance with the height of supplied cloth 2, as shown in Fig. 3, the rolled cloth-holding stand 20 and the cutting device 30 move upward together with the cloth-supplying portion 40 provided with the draw-out roller 17. Accordingly, the draw-out roller 17 moves upward while rotating synchronously with running of the carriage 10, during which, since each sprocket 42, 44, or 46 is connected with both cranks 51 and 52, the hanging distance of the cloth 2 between the rotating draw-out roller 17 and the cloth-slide plate 36 of the cutting device 30 and the cloth-extending portion can always be kept fixed and as short as possible. Accordingly, since the length of hanging cloth from the draw-out roller to the cloth-slide plate 36 and the cloth-extending portion is very short, slackness in the cloth, influence by wind, and so forth, can be avoided, and in addition the position of the piled cloth can always be kept fixed regardless of the height of the piled cloth, whereby the cloth-extending operation can be effected stably. In the above embodiment, the vertical movement of the cloth-supplying portion 40 is effected by a motor 4. Alternatively, the driving means may operate by oil or air pressure. Further, the draw-out roller is rotated synchronously with the running of the carriage 10 in such a manner that the rotation of the wheel 12 is transmitted through sprockets 13, 27, 42, 44, 46 and 49, gear box 26, pulley 28, belt 18, changing gear 19, and chains 16, 41, 43, 45 and 47. Otherwise, a synchronous motor may be used for driving the draw-out roller 17 at a synchronous speed as the carriage 10 moves. Between the cloth-unrolling roller 29 and the draw-out roller 17, there is a curved cloth-slide 50, on the centre of which a timing belt (not shown) is rotated so as to remove folds in the cloth. In place of the curved slide 50, there can be a conveyer belt which can extend or shrink freely, whereby cloth is automatically passed thereon while folds in the cloth are removed. Of course a guide roll can be used as conventionally. As to the method for unrolling the cloth, in the embodiment of the present invention, unrolling of cloth is effected by contacting the starting rolled cloth with the cloth-unrolling roller 29. In place of this method, unrolling of cloth may also be effected without contacting of the roIIed cloth with the cloth-unrolling roller. In addition, the cloth may be continuously supplied by using a bucket conveyer. In the cloth-unrolling machine of the present invention, main control circuits, base plates, and so forth are arranged in the underpart of the carriage 10, and therefore, removal or setting up of these members can easily be effected. Accordingly in case of machine breakdown, any broken members can easily be exchanged for new ones with ease.

Claims: 1. A cloth-extending machine which comprises: a carriage (10) having running wheels (12) and a driving source; a rolled cloth-holding stand (20) for supporting the starting rolled cloth and unrolling rolled cloth; a cloth supplying portion (40) having a draw-out roller (17) which rotates synchronously with running of the carriage (10) so as to supply cloth from the rolled cloth-holding stand (20) to a cloth-extending portion (1); and a cutting device (30,31) for guiding the cloth to the cloth-extending portion (1) and cutting the cloth into a fixed length, characterised in that: the cloth-holding stand (20), the cloth-supplying portion (40), and the cutting device (30,31) move vertically against the carriage in accordance with the height of the piled cloth. 2. A cloth-extending machine according to claim 1, wherein the vertical movement of the cloth-holding stand (20), cloth-supplying portion (40) and the cutting device (30,31) is effected by ascending and descending means. 3. A cloth-extending machine according to claim 2, wherein the ascending and descending means comprises a motor (4) as a driving source for vertical movement, a worm and wheel driving force transmission means, a pinion (5) and rack (6) as a power-acting means, and a slide block (7) and slide rail (8) as a guiding means. 4. A cloth-extending machine according to claim 2, wherein a cloth selvage-regulating means (25) is provided for moving the cloth-holding stand (20) horizontally. 5. A cloth-extending machine according to claim 1, wherein a draw-out roller (17) rotating synchronously with running of the machine carriage (10) is provided in the cloth-supplying portion (40). 6. A cloth-extending machine according to claim 1, wherein a cloth-unrolling roller (3) for unrolling the starting rolled cloth is provided on the cloth-holding stand (20) in contact with the starting rolled cloth (2). 7. A cloth-extending machine according to claim 1, wherein a fold-removing means is provided in the path of movement of the cloth from the cloth-holding stand to the draw-out roller (17) of the cloth-supplying portion (40). 8. A cloth-extending machine according to claim 7, wherein the fold-removing means comprises a curved cloth-slide (50) and a timing belt. 9. A cloth-extending machine according to claim 7, wherein the fold-removing means comprises a conveyer belt. 10. A cloth-extending machine according to claim 1, wherein a bucket conveyer is provided for continuously supplying cloth. 11. A cloth-extending machine according to claim 1, wherein a main control circuit and a base plate are provided in the carriage in such manner that the main control circuit and the base plate can freely be set or removed.

Inventors: TAGAWA, KEIKO
Applicants: TAGAWA, KEIKO
Application year: 1986
Main classification: B65H45
IPC codes: B65H23, B65H45